How do I move files from a portable hard drive to my MacBook Pro?

Hope someone can help with this. I recently got myself a MacBook Pro and I'm having problems transferring files from my old Windows XP based laptop. I downloaded the Windows Migration Assistant onto my old laptop but everytime I tried to run it I got various error messages telling me I needed to upgrade this and that. Now the laptop has decided to give in totally and won't switch on at all! I do have all my music etc backed up onto an external hard drive but when I connect it to my MacBook it just doesn't want to know, I assume as all the data on there is formatted as Windows. Has anyone got any tips about what I can do if anything next? Thanks

mende1 wrote:
Welcome to Apple Communities.
You should be able to read the external drive. Go to Finder and see if your external drive appears in "Devices". If it appears, press it and migrate the files you want
Thank you so much for your advice, I was panicking there for a moment thinking that I'd have to start from scratch! You are an absolutr STAR!

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