Cant share files between osx and xp

hi i cant share files on my network anymore. i have a late 08 alu.macbook and when i got i had a wifi network and a Win XP machine with a couple of tera disc space and a lot of backup from my old macbook. and every thing work as it should. no problems, no settings needed changing.
but now i want to putt over some new "files" and i cant seem to find either one.
this is what i have tried so far. XP machine has Bonjuor and file sharing and turned firewall off
macbook has SMB file sharing and changed the "settings/network/advanced/wins/workgroup" to MSHOME cause by XP was that. then changed them to workgroup and still nothing.
please help a 7 month old mac user

Use a FAT32 external drive, or install drivers on the Mac which enable it to write to NTFS, or install MacDrive into Windows.
Creating a third partition on a drive with Boot Camp installed may disable Windows.
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