How do I copy a CD/Diskette to my hard drive without making an alias?

The intuitive thing to do has always been to drag the mounted disk/diskette to where I wanted it on my hard drive I then had a folder called the same thing as the mounted media and all was fine.
Now when I do thit I get an ALIAS!
When I select the disk and do a copy and then open the window where I want the contents of the disk to be copied to and do a paste, I get a message stating that I do not have sufficient privledges for some of the items.
Am I to understand that I:
1) have to make a new folder on my hard disk,
2) copy the cd/dvd/diskette's name,
3) paste this copied name onto the folder I created,
4) open the cd/dvd/diskette,
5) copy all items,
6) open the folder I had renamed to the cd/dvd/diskette's name
7) and paste the copied items?
Is this the method you use to copy an entire disk to your hard drive?
A one step function is now 6 or 7 steps?
Please excuse any typos. I have an injured finger and apple has still not reinstated the spell check feature of the new & Improved forum.
G5 Mac OS X (10.4.2)

Hello again Jack,
Every OS X shortcut you could every want to know is in the Help files. Click on the desktop and then choose Help>Mac Help from the menu. Click on the link for "Look up topics easily". Then click "K". Next click "keyboard shortcuts". After that, choose whatever topic is relevant. Most of what you'll want will be under "Shortcuts for ...".
A neat trick that you couldn't do in OS 9 is move files. While dragging from one drive to another, you can press the Command key and the files will be moved instead of copied.
I have looked at your posts in the prepress newsgroups for years.
That's interesting. Nice to know I guess that (I assume) my font FAQ is getting around. Although I wouldn't even know where to look for such forums myself.
Cheers!

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