We have a Windows 95 and a Windows Vista. My brother and I opened the dusty 95 computer and cleaned the dust off with damp paper towels. Then we switched the hard drives, and here's what happened:
1) The 95 hard drive in the Vista: It started in MS-DOS only, and we added some files to it from a flash drive plugged in to the Vista, because the files were to large to transport via floppy. It worked.
2) The Vista hard drive in the Win95 computer: computer made the usual start-up noises, but nothing appeared on the monitor. The monitor connection was not loose.
So after all this, we returned the hard drives to their original locations. Now, the 95 turns on, but does not start up. It just does exactly what it had done with the Vista hard drive. The little orange hard drive light on the front turns off after the computer starts up. My brother thinks the problem may have been caused by wiping off the inside of the 95, or, it could have started with giving the 95 a different hard drive.
Anyone here have any suggestions?
Thanks,
Nicole
1) The 95 hard drive in the Vista: It started in MS-DOS only, and we added some files to it from a flash drive plugged in to the Vista, because the files were to large to transport via floppy. It worked.
2) The Vista hard drive in the Win95 computer: computer made the usual start-up noises, but nothing appeared on the monitor. The monitor connection was not loose.
So after all this, we returned the hard drives to their original locations. Now, the 95 turns on, but does not start up. It just does exactly what it had done with the Vista hard drive. The little orange hard drive light on the front turns off after the computer starts up. My brother thinks the problem may have been caused by wiping off the inside of the 95, or, it could have started with giving the 95 a different hard drive.
Anyone here have any suggestions?
Thanks,
Nicole
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