Why can't I create a new folder on an external hard rive

I have two external hardrives that are self powered and require no outlet. I've begun to use all of the memory on one and want to use another. I plug in the second and creating a folder isn't an option. I set up the first hard drive through my mac, but the second was given to me as a gift and I didn't have to set it up with my mac. How can I solve this problem?

It sounds like the second disk drive is not formated so that the Mac can write to it.
You are going to have to reformat it to HFS+.
If you do that all of the data on it will be erased so backup anything of value first.
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