New HDD in an old PC.

[Mark]

Hi ,
Acer said to me that it is not possible to replace the original 8.4 GB HDD (Seagate ST38421A) in an old "Aspire Pentium III 500 MHz" with a modern HDD (for an example: "Western Digital 80 GB"). Is this true?
Thank You,
regards,

Mark

[rchadwick]

Maybe what they meant was that it was not possible for THEM to sell you a drive guaranteed to be compatible. An 80GB PATA drive should work fine.

[Mark]

Hello rchadwick; ok , thank You for the reply!
Regards,
Mark

[Data Wugui]

i really want to know the result.