Transferring FOLDERS from my IMAC desktop

I'm having a really hard time figuring out how to transfer 2 medium-large folders from my desktop to my hard drive, or data stick. I figured I should be able to just drag and drop, but I can't. Why? Do I have to transfer each file in the folders individually? There are quite a few files in each folder. Any help would be very much appreciated.

JodesND,
Are you referring to an external HD and/or thumb drive? If so please check how the devices are formatted. If they are formatted as NTFS then this is the default MS Windows format and you will not be able to write to the drive. If you are dedicating the drive to being used with your Mac it's best to reformat as Mac OS Extended (Journaled), you can use Disk Utiltiy to reformat it.

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