I can see my external harddrive but cant access it.

I have a macbook pro, and a 1.5TB external hard drive. It works fine on my pro, but when I try and put it into a friends macbook pro i cant seem to access any of the files. It comes up on the desktop, and I can see the 4 folders inside it, but I cant open them or anything like that.
We have very similar computers (I'm not sure of the specifics but they are both pros) and mine doesnt have any problems with it.
Can anybody help?

Hi Taylor
The format is Windows NT File System (NTFS).
To be more specific, I want to put some of his albums onto the HD and then put them back onto my computer. When I try to move something it says... "XYZ could not be moved because "External 1.5Tb Cannot be Modified."
Hope this helps a little.
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