Windows NTFS External Drive and Permissions

Hello,
I have a 250 gig Maxtor OneTouch I use for storing/backing up files from my PC (Windows XP Home Edition) In the past I have been able to use my external drives on both my Mac and PC without any problems. This time, however when I connect the drive, it mounts, but I only have "Read Only" access. I'm currenty using 10.3.9 and I am the administrator. Is this something I'm going to have to change in the PC or can I do it from the Mac? Thanks in advance!
Heres the info from Disk Utility:
Name : OneTouch4
Type : Volume
Disk Identifier : disk3s1
Mount Point : /Volumes/OneTouch4
File System : Winows NT Filesystem
Connection Bus : USB
IO Content : Windows_NTFS
Writable : No
Capacity : 232.9 GB (250,056,705,024 Bytes)
Free Space : 216.3 GB (232,248,385,536 Bytes)
Used : 16.6 GB (17,808,318,464 Bytes)
Number of Files : 3,680
Number of Folders : 0
Permissions Enabled : Yes
Can Turn Permissions Off : No
Can Repair Permissions : No
Can Be Verified : No
Can Be Repaired : No
Can Be Formatted : No
Bootable : No
Supports Journaling : No
Journaled : No
Disk Number : 3
Partition Number : 1

Well, no I hadn't written to this drive from the Mac in the past. It was a new drive and I used it on the PC first. Would it be possible to maybe create a new partition, either on the Mac or the PC in a Mac readable format without destroying the information currently on it?

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