A new HD for an old comp

[dsencil]

Ok, my friend has a 1997 HP 7200 (I think) series p166 with a tiny 2.0g HD. He wants to get a new HD since he only has 800kb of disk space free. The new HD hes looking at is a Western Digital 15.5g HD. My question: Is this harddrive (or any for that matter) compatible with his old HP. I ask this because I know that old compaqs required *compaq* HDs provided by compaq (at least this is what the guys at Best Buys told my parents...) Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[steves1728]

older computers have more issues to deal with when attempting to enter the fast-paced
computing world of today.Landmines like y2k and 2 gig hd limits lie in wait.The industry has brilliantly circumnavigated these for many users but specifics are best answered at the source:
http://www3.compaq.com/support/ask/

[bdunn]

Another place for some info is http://www.compaqsucks.com