IMac 2.93GHz 1TB External Drive Errors

Hi,
I received my new 24", 2.93GHz, 1TB HDD, 4GB RAM, 512MB Nvidia iMac on Wednesday, and have had no end of problems when trying to copy files from external drives.
The three results of doing so are as follows:
1. I'm informed that I don't have sufficient privileges to copy the files
2. The files are partially copied, I'm informed that I don't have sufficient privileges to copy the files, the finder crashes, the copying procedure can't be stopped, and I have to relaunch the finder, whereupon the contents of the external drive can no longer be viewed, the drive can't be found, or the finder doesn't relaunch.
3. The Finder freezes and can't be relaunched, the computer has to be hard shutdown.
The last time this occurred, I restarted the computer and the startup disk couldn't be found, and I had to reinstall OSX.
Do I have a defective iMac, or is this a software issue?

Are you still logged in to the same account as you used with your old machine? The permissions on your hard drive will be tied to that old account, which could explain at least why it says you don't have the correct permissions, although quite why it then decides crashing is a good idea I'm not sure.
When you first started up your new iMac, you'll have set up a new user account. If you then used Migration Assistant, it will have copied everything across, but when you start the machine up it will still by default log you into the "new" account you set up. Go into the Users preference panel and you should see your old user account info there. If you set that as the default auto-login option, then restart, I'm betting you'll have access to your hard drive again.
Fire up Disk Utility and repair permissions on it afterwards as well, just to be safe.

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