Can a 80GB Hard Drive run on an IBM Pentium III Processor (996 Mhz - 256MB Ram) ?

Can a 80GB Hard Drive run on an IBM Pentium III Processor (996 Mhz - 256MB Ram) ?

Yes
Sure entity. I have an EMachine doing it very soon.
The limitations for hard drive are contained by the os, and mobo as far as type of connection. So yes it will work fine, near xp at least.
Yes it can, my little bro is running a 120gb and 30gb surrounded by his p3 800mhz machine.