Re: Black Screen After I Disabled Video Driver

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Ok. How about booting to the command prompt rather than safe mode.

If you can get that far, type the following command and press enter.

%systemroot%\system32\restore\rstrui.exe

This will start System Restore. Restore the system to a date and time
before the video changes were made.

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Regards,
Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User
http://bertk.mvps.org

Stephen wrote:
Bert,
I forget to mention that I've already tried LKGC. I've tried each
option from the Advanced Startup Menu after pressing F8. I think
LKGC doesn't work because everything is working correctly (Windows
runs fine) except that the video driver has been disabled. Any other
ideas?

Thanks

"Bert Kinney" wrote:

Hi Stephen,

This one time that the Last Known Good Configuration feature may
come in handy.

How to start your computer by using the Last Known Good Configuration
feature in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;307852

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Regards,
Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User
http://bertk.mvps.org


Stephen wrote:
I was trying to update my ATI Driver and received the missing video
driver error. I disabled the Radeon video driver (and later also
disabled the default driver). When I start up my computer, I can
see the normal screens of Windows XP starting, and I have the
option to go to the BIOS utility (F1) or ReBoot option (F12).
I pressed F8 to try and start through Safe Mode, but the screen
freezes. When I tried to enable VGA mode, I couldn't see anything
either.
I know the operating system is running; I can press CTRL + ALT
+DELETE and enter my password and the Windows sound plays.

Is there anyway to enable the video driver from BIOS or the reboot
option? Is there another way to fix this problem?

Thanks


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