Press F8 on startup and choose the Safe Mode with VGA option.

Once the PC starts up in safe mode, use the Driver Rollback in Device
Manager and you should be back at your older graphics drivers.
--
Cari (MS-MVP)
Printing & Imaging
http://www.coribright.com/windows



"Marty" <Marty@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I installed new video drivers and on reboot the computer wont go back into
> windows, it just shows the black screen and the "windows did not start
> successfully, a recent hardware or software change" and I cant move the
> curser to safe mode or anything, it just does the countdown and goes back
> to
> the same menu again. I tried to put the xp cd in and maybe boot from and
> no
> go. How can I get into xp or boot up, I have my laptop. Should I make a
> boot disc or something like that? HELP
> Marty