The error message you have described is a hardware problem.  More than
likely, the cables (data and/or power) to the disk drives were not plugged
in correctly after she changed the battery.

Tell your friend to open the case and recheck **ALL** the connections --
make sure all cards are plugged in securely and all wires are firmly seated
in their sockets.  Then check everything AGAIN.

Jim Meagher
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: PCBUILD - Personal Computer Hardware discussion List
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of David A Abbe

>
> Hi gang,
>
> Here goes, I have a friend who called awhile ago.  Her battery failed and
> she lost all the info in her CMOS.
<snip>
> but still (now)  gets the FDD Controller and HDD
> Controller Failure warning and it goes no further.