Thanks again guys for the great tips. I have had to put that project on hold for another week or so since it is running 98se okay for now.
I have tried swapping the ram at first to see if that was the problem and it did not seem to help. But I may try Microscope just to check the ram I have in there now to make certain that the ram is good.
In the meantime with the system running 98se I hear sounds coming from this drive during the idle times on the system. Almost as if it is being parked or going in standby with no APM features activated. They set to always on. I hope this drive is not going to die also.

Thanks again.