Networking with XP - Files invisible!

Hi there,
I work in a small arts charity and have previously been happily using an XP machine as a make-shift server in the office. As we were running out of space we added a second drive to the XP machine - 1.5TB, formated NTFS like the the first drive.
Now although I can mount the XP shared drive on my Mac and see its size, I am unable to see any files on it and cannot create a folder on the drive - I get a message saying 'The operation could not be completed as you do not have enough access privileges'.
I have spent a few hours now reading up on what this could be but am not getting very far. We do have an external IT person but he is still on holiday and is never much use when it comes to Mac's anyway ('Google it' being his stock reply!)
I suspect the issue is that I do not have enough permission on the XP side of things as I can see and mount the drive, just not its contents, so I may be barking up the wrong tree, but should any helpful Mac users out there know of a solution (or the best Windows forum to use!) I would be most grateful as I cannot access any of my files from the Mac which makes things reeeally slow!
Kind Regards,
Richard

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