How to read data from a text file

I have saved a text file on my hard drive, and would like to read the file. Once read I would like to copy it to another file. I think I am suppose to use the BufferedReader, and FileReader classes. I am not sure what sequence to follow in order to do this. Could some one give me some feed back on what is needed, and in what sequence to perform this task?

Where do I store my file within my Platform(Eclipe), in order to read or access the file. Whenever I use the declaration below. I get an FileNotFoundException. I understand the code, but am not sure where to store the file, so that the line of code below will recognize it..
FileReader in = new FileReader("data1.txt");
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