How to copy files from one HDD to other HDD using Ubuntu

type this command on the terminal

$ sudo cp Origin Destiny

or try:

$ su
$ cp Origin Destiny

like

$ cp /home/user/file /media/xp/file2

Thanks Cesare for your help. Still doesn't work.
When I type $ su cp origin destiny
I get the following message : cp: cannot stat "origin": No such file or directory

But If I type: $ sudo apt--get install ntfs-3g

I get the message : mount your windows drive so you can read and write

My question here is "How to mount NTFS Volume or Drive"?

Assuming it is the first partition of the first harddrive, /dev/hda1, open a terminal, Applications -> Accessories -> Terminal, and do

sudo mkdir /media/windows
sudo mount -t ntfs /dev/hda1 /media/windows
sudo ls -la /media/windows

James,

Thanks for helping me out here but being new to Ubutu/Linux I am having problems to Use Ubuntu to copy files from a USB DRIVE (enclosure HDD with OS XP) to a Laptop HHD (OS XP), where the Ubuntu is installed from CD.
 Here is what I am getting while trying to copy ;

Error while copying to "/media/disk-1/Data & IPT".

you don't have permissions to write to this folder.

Then while I am doing this I am getting stack and don't know what to do further , how to fix permission problems etc;

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get install ntfs-3g
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  libntfs-3g2
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  libntfs-3g2 ntfs-3g
0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 111 not upgraded.
Need to get 117kB of archives.
After unpacking 332kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated!
  libntfs-3g2 ntfs-3g
Install these packages without verification [y/N]? y
Err http://repoubuntusoftware.info feisty/all libntfs-3g2 1:1.516-1~feisty0.1
  Could not resolve 'repoubuntusoftware.info'
Err http://repoubuntusoftware.info feisty/all ntfs-3g 1:1.516-1~feisty0.1
  Could not resolve 'repoubuntusoftware.info'
Failed to fetch http://repoubuntusoftware.info/./libntfs-3g2_3a1.516-1~feisty0.1_i386.deb Could not resolve 'repoubuntusoftware.info'
Failed to fetch http://repoubuntusoftware.info/./ntfs-3g_3a1.516-1~feisty0.1_i386.deb Could not resolve 'repoubuntusoftware.info'
E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with --fix-missing?
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo mount -t ntfs /dev/disk/ media/windows
mount: mount point media/windows does not exist
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo mkdir /media/windows
mkdir: cannot create directory `/media/windows': File exists
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo mount -t ntfs /dev/disk/ media/windows
mount: mount point media/windows does not exist

if i do this; I am not making progress either;

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo mkdir /media/windows
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo mount -t ntfs /dev/disk/ media/windows
mount: mount point media/windows does not exist
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo mount /dev/disk /mnt
mount: /dev/disk is not a block device

Does anyone know what I should do to solve my issue?

Many thanks in advance,

Maddox

mount: mount point media/windows does not exist <-- You're missing a slash :)
/dev/disk? That doesn't exist. You should refer to an existing partition.

lets say your windows partition is the /dev/sda1 or /dev/hda1 partition. If you don't know, then you can just try.
The location /media/windisk is just an example. You can use whatever you want. You can also use a mount point in your home, if you want, but it's customary to place them in /media or /mnt.

1) Create a mount point. You need administrative rights to do this, so: sudo mkdir /media/windisk
2) Mount the partition in the new directory: sudo mount -t ntfs /dev/hda1 /media/windisk

If that doesn't work, repeat the second step using /dev/sda1 instead.

Hope that helps :)