Windows 95 / 98 goes to DOS command prompt on startup

When you introduced the Win95 hard drive into the newer computer the computer thought you wanted to use the latest hard drive as your primary hard drive. So, you are booting to the Win95 hard drive. Do not attempt to type any commands. The Win95 operating system won't know what to do with the newer hardware.

I assume you just want to recover some files from the old drive? That can be done without starting Win95.

What you need to do is to change your boot order back to the original hard drive.

I can help you sort this out but I don't have enough information. First of all, did you connect the Win95 drive to a ribbon cable with no other drives connected to that cable?

Describe haw you did connect it.

To change the boot order you need to enter the BIOS (setup) screens by hitting the appropriate key when your first start up the computer. Watch the screens at start up to learn which keystroke/s to use. Most likely will be one of the F* keys. That is enough information for now. try dealing with what I have told you so far.

Source: http://www.computing.net/answers/windows-95/windows-95-98-goes-to-dos-command-prompt-on-startup/170920.html

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