Prohibitory Sign and unable to copy items

I restarted my Mac tonight and was presented with the Prohibitory Sign. I was able to reboot using a backup drive I have and also able to see the contents of my Mac.
Before I do an Archive and Install, which unfortunately looks like the only option available I wanted to backup some stuff I've been working on since I last backed up (around 5 days ago)
The thing is when I try to copy items from my Mac to the Backup drive it tries to copy and then I get the error: The Finder cannot complete the operation because some data could not be read or written. (Error code -36)
I seem to be able to copy items from the Backup drive to my Mac though.
Any ideas and help would be much appreciated. It's getting late now and my mind is starting to go so I think I'll leave it until the morning now in case I do something stupid!

I had to take my MBP to the Apple Repair Centre who diagnosed the fault as a blown HD. They replaced it and all works well now.

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