Data Error Reading Drive C in Win 98

[loee_lolo21]

My Mom's computer is getting an:

Data Error Reading Drive C
Abort, Retry, Ignore, Fail

When starting up. When in Safe Mode black screen comes up and gets stays at

While Initializing Device VKD:
Windows prot

And in Step-By-Step Confirmation I get a message saying:

The following file is missing or corrupted:
C:\MTM\MTMCDAI.SYS

And then I restared again after the above was done and I get another message saying "There is an error in your CONFIG.SYS file on line 11.

Microsoft Registry check then failed and retry and then something about HIMEM.SYS is missing or corrupted.

Can anyone help me with this problem. I seen other threads, but none helped me.

 

[raybro]

I would suspect your hard drive is dying. Go to http://www.maxtor.com/en/support/downloads/powermax.htm and download their PowerMax diagnostic utility. Run the utility to checkout your HDD.