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Trying to solve the problem, I attempted to move some of the locked folders to the desktop then delete them or change the permissions and move them back, but this did not work because it only copied the file instead of actually moving it. So the locked version was still in the HD.

Alright i just tried moving one of the folders to my desktop and i was able to change the permissions. so the problem seems to lie in the external HD.

Well all the folders are folders that stay on my external, i'm using an intel macbook that's only OSX, my friend acquired an old CRT iMac with OS9 that i was tryin' to clear up for her. I did notice that the files are mostly ones that i transferred from a PC though. oh and another thing i've...

alright well when i get there it says "fix OS 9 permissions" but is greyed out.

I hooked up my WD external hard drive to an OS9 machine a little while ago and now a few of the folders in the drive have little locks on them. Come to find out permissions have been screwed up. Going into the info and attempting to change the permissions doesn't work... disk utility does not...