How can i unlock my files from an external hard drive set up previously on windows?

hi
i created some files on an external hardrive when i had a windows os on a laptop
i am trying to unlock them files to sort or delete them the external hardrive is now connected to my imac
i would know any passwords but there is no option to unlock they are read only files?
do i need to open through a windows program again?
or any other way?
using OSX 10.9 (13A603)
thanks in advance if anyone can help

Mac OS X can't write to NTFS drives by default. Drag them to the internal drive first.
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