Can't move -only copy files to nested folder

I have new external hard drives (a trusted brand I have used for years -default formatted for Mac).
I drag-copied a folder of large image files from Drive A to Drive B. Then I dragged the folder on Drive B to another folder nested on Drive B. But I could not "move" the folder -the OS would only COPY the folder to the new destination. I have never seen this unless I held option key to duplicate.
I'm guessing there are some prefs settings or privileges options that I need to change.
The Drive is formatted as: Mac OS Extended (Journaled - Read&Write)
I did designate this drive for Time Machine Backup
Thanks for any help
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Thanks Eric. I don't see that option, but I did discover what the problem is:
Sharing/Permissions were set to:
System - read/write
Wheel - read/write
Everyone - read only
Above the options window text read: "You can only read"
After changing permissions to: "everyone - read/write" all functions returned to "normal", so I guess the system was seeing "me" as a user, NOT the Admin. I am the sole user of this workstation. I appear to be logged in under my name, but maybe I am not considered the "admin"?
Any further user/admin clarification appreciated. (When computer wakes up, I log in under my name, not guest)

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