Pull music from a Dell to a Lacie external mac drive?

My computer then:
4300s Dell model 2001. I ran mp3s through Windows media player.
My Computer now:
Macbook 60gb with MAC OS 10.4.9
My External HD:
Lacie 320gb, 7200 RPM, 8MB Cache
I have the means to connect each of these via USB. What is the best way to transfer music off of my Dell to my Lacie so that they can now be read by iTunes? Same goes for photos, documents, and a few video clips, but none are nearly as important as the music. I can't drag files directly from the Dell to the external.

When I plug the external in, Dell recognizes that an external piece of storage hardware has been plugged into the USB port, but it doesn't show up as an extra drive that I can access.

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