It seems to have been released in mid-2000. I wouldn't expect it to have serious issues with the large hard drive, but compatibility with XP may be an issue. He might try setting the setup.exe or whatever it uses to run in compatibility mode (on the Properties dialog for the executable), and set it for Win98.
You might also try emailing Atari/Infogrames support. They don't have any support for that game listed on their site.