Can't copy and paste files

Why won't my MacBook Pro let me copy and paste files, particularly from my external hard drives (to each other) and (to my computer). They are both new and it shouldn't be a problem.
Please help!

Is it possible that the hard drives, which you said are new, have not been formatted for the mac? If they are formatted NTFS (which is the standard format for new drives) you will only be able to read from the drives, not write...therefore you will not be able to cut and paste.
To check the format of the drive, from the Utilities folder, open the application "Disk Utility". Select the Hard drive from the left side of that app, and then click on the "Partition" tab. Then click on the big Partition block found under "Volume Scheme" and see what it says beside "Format". If it is NTFS, this is your problem.
The best solution if the drives will only be used on the mac is to use the Disk Utility Application and reformat the hard drives by selecting the drive you want to format on the left side of the app, and select the "Partition" tab. Under Volume Scheme select "1 partition" and then for format, select "Mac OS Extended (Journaled)". Then Click Apply. PLEASE NOTE THAT DOING THIS WILL ERASE EVERYTHING ON THAT HARD DRIVE!!!!
If the drives need to be used on a windows machine as well, you can download and install this plugin for your mac that will make it read and write to NTFS although it will do so slower than a disk formatted for the mac. Here is a link: http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/24481/ntfs-3g Using this option will NOT require you to loose any data that might already be on the disks.
Hope this helps!

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