Mac can't see files on Windows XP shared drive

I'm trying to move about 180Gb of files from an external USB 2.0-connected hard drive on my networked Windows XP machine. The drive is marked for sharing, and I can see the first layer of folders on the drive, as well as see and identify the 3 files that are on the same first layer as the folders. When I open a folder, however, no files or folders are visible to the Mac, and the info bar says no files are in the folder, but it gives me the correct free space on the drive. I have 2 similar hard drives on the XP machine, and the same situation holds for both drives. I'm quite puzzled, and, needless to say, frustrated.

Are you trying to access the USB drive connected to an XP machine from your Mac?
There are several issues at play here, and you might search these discussions for "connecting to Windows". I have a similar challenge connecting to shared folders on my XP machine.
In your case it might be simpler to simply reconnect the USB drive to your Mac.
Another method is to turn on File Sharing and enable SMB on your Mac, create Network Places on your XP machine, mount the Mac folders in XP and move the files using the XP machine. That works more easily for me.

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