Moving a folder from internal hard drive to an expansion drive

I have a MacBook Pro 13" with OS X v. 10.7.2. Usually, it's easy for me to drag a file or folder from one directory and drop it into another. However, I've come across a problem that I can't seem to solve and I'm sure the solution is very simple. I can't seem to move a folder from my Documents directory to an expansion drive. I've tried dragging the folder in the Finder to the expansion drive icon but nothing happens. Any ideas?

If the external drive is in NTFS format (which is how most new drives are shipped), the Mac can't write to it. Reformat it with Disk Utility, putting it into Mac OS Extended format.

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