Windows 98 Duron 450
when the computer starts it displays the page that says Duron 450 64meg ram etc. On the same page it says found cd rom then it says found cdrw, then it pauses for about 20 secs and then displays the message "primary master hard disk fail". The computer displayed this message about a week ago and was restarted about 10 times and it displayed the same message each time. Tonight I booted up the computer and it went into windows ok. I restarted the compter several times and it restarted ok. I shut it down several times and it started back up ok. I am now getting this master hard disk fail again. Could it be the cmos battery ? Or is the hard drive junk? I was able to run scan disc ( no bad sectors or errors) and defrag when it did start.
thanks
when the computer starts it displays the page that says Duron 450 64meg ram etc. On the same page it says found cd rom then it says found cdrw, then it pauses for about 20 secs and then displays the message "primary master hard disk fail". The computer displayed this message about a week ago and was restarted about 10 times and it displayed the same message each time. Tonight I booted up the computer and it went into windows ok. I restarted the compter several times and it restarted ok. I shut it down several times and it started back up ok. I am now getting this master hard disk fail again. Could it be the cmos battery ? Or is the hard drive junk? I was able to run scan disc ( no bad sectors or errors) and defrag when it did start.
thanks