Delete video drivers from command prompt?

m9105826

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Jul 27, 2006
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I recently upgraded the video driver using the "Automatically find my driver" function on nVidia's website. Unfortunately it doesn't seem to agree with my 7950GX2. After installation, windows loads, but only the mouse cursor is visible, although I can still interact with the things I can't see. For some reason, no restore point was set by vista before the driver update, so I can't roll back. I know it's the drivers because I did the same exact thing with a separate Vista partition on the same computer and was able to roll it back. What I'm wondering is how can I go through the command prompt (which is the only thing I can get to show up even in safe mode) and delete the corrupt drivers and get my main windows installation back?
 

mpilchfamily

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Jun 11, 2007
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If you can't even get an image in safe mode then the problem may be in the card as well. Safe mode uses universal default drivers that any video card can use. You should never let windows automaticly install the drivers for the video card. You should always boot into safe mode, remove old drivers then install the new a=ones and restart. If the system has a problem and can't find drivers after that then there is something else going on in there. Possibly a hardware issue.
 

m9105826

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Jul 27, 2006
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Why would it work on one partition and not the other? Like I said, when I system restored to the older driver on the other partition, it worked perfectly. There has to be a way to delete nvidia's drivers from the command prompt in safe mode. In any case, it will either fix it or prove me wrong and give me one less option to test.