BIOS/OS limitations can be an issue, but the WD tools should take care of this (you can make a utility floppy).
I had to use an unusual (but documented at WD) jumping setting on one drive for an older computer to get the drive recognized at all. But with that and the tools I managed to get the drive working.
I am using that drive on a computer that it is 4 or 5 years old (in design -- I buy cheaper, somewhat out of date HW for myself).
But I make no promises... and "geeks" seems somewhat limiting.
I could upgrade at my leisure but I ran a benchmark with Fresh Devices and the mark was so low that I think it's getting ready to give up the ghost. Need to replace it before the crash.
I think I'll still try 80 gigs though. I's just my luck that it will go up in a puff of smoke. And you know, if you let the magic smoke out, it will never work again.
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