From vista with a new motherboard, unable to boot into normal mode.

Original title: from vista with a new motherboard

My mother has crashed and I replaced it with a new one. New motherboards drivers are on a cd which runs under a windows complete envirinment. Unfortunately I can't get windows to run in safe mode, which will not install the drivers again.  What are my options? the cheapest first preference.

Carl

Hello

Try uninstalling the drivers for all devices in the Device Manager (be sure that you select delete the driver for this deviceoption during the uninstall) and Control Panel.

Then try to restart your computer and check to see if you can boot into normal mode.

Steps to uninstall from Device Manager:

a. After you open Device Manager, look for the device.
b. right-click on it and choose Uninstall.
 
 
 

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