Moving files without copying

I recently updated to Lion and have found the most overlooked issue in all OS updates I have ever witnessed. Now when moving folders between finder (or your desktop) to the Mac HD the files or folders no longer just move they copy!!! This is an extremely cumbersome process for any art department or any organization who stores or houses folders on the desktop of their machines to move to servers and or any other location for that matter. Instead of the simple move like in Snow Leopard the files now copy duplicating the folder and taking up twice the space on your hard drive!!!
The issues I have with this is that if a folder is larger than the amount of space you have on your systems hard drive you can not move it because of this silly copy feature within lion.
The only work around I and Apple have found is to move the folder to your trash first and then to your desktop and there is no copying. This is hardly a work around for any department being that someone could come in and empty your trash therefore losing vital information!!!
PLEASE APPLE FIX THIS ASAP!!!
Any solutions to this are greatly appreciated. I have been using Apple for over 15 years and have never experience the down time I am experiencing now with having to go back and delete folders because they copy instead of the simple move I experienced before!!!

Hi Thomas,
Thanks for your very swift response.
The 10.7.3 installation was done by the Apple Store four days ago, on Sunday 20 May 2012, so I doubt that the OS has become corrupt already.
I've verified all HDs, as well as repaired all Disk Permissions.
As for User Permissions, I'm the only user on the Mac, and it's a standard installation.
There are no additional Users, and I haven't modified the standard read-write permissions, or anything like that.
This is a very straight-forward, clean install, and I've been on Macs for 25 years.
However, in fairness, my original posting wasn't as clear as it should have been, for which I apologise.
The 200 GB folder is in the Trash, on an EXTERNAL hard drive.
In other words, when the external hard drive is not connected to my MBP, the Trash is empty.
However, when I plug the external HD into the MBP, the 200 GB folder shows up in the Trash.
Having seen a similar discussion in the Apple forums, I've attempted the suggested workaround of holding down the Command key, whilst dragging the folder out of the Trash, onto the EXTERNAL HD icon.
However, the entire folder immediately starts copying, instead of simply moving.
I've also tried holding down the Command key, whilst dragging the folder out of the Trash, onto the INTERNAL HD icon.
Again, the entire folder immediately starts copying, instead of simply moving.
As suggested, I've started a new topic.
However, I thought that I might as well go straight to the experts, such as yourself.
Therefore, any further advice would be appreciated.
Many thanks.
Best,
Michael

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