There's a small possibility of the AMD uninstaller being imperfect, driver sweeper is generally considered good at removing all traces of a driver. Trying that to make sure nothing is lingering would be a good idea.
I'm just not confident with attempting anymore fixes as it appears to be getting more and more complicated...I'm not very computer savy. The way I'm going, I'm worried I might just end up creating more problems lol
So, I thought perhaps it would just be easier for me to reformat and begin afresh...your thoughts?
That's a good temporary solution. (Like for a windows reinstall)
But for the long term, off-site backup is what you want. I like crashplan myself. It's cheap and unlimited. Keeps all of your stuff forever, deleted files, and unlimited versions.
Also does easy backups to other computers of yours over the network.
But yeah, that's for later. For now, just grab what you don't want to lose.
If you have a CD already burned, it's really simple.
Take your backup USB out, to be sure you don't wipe it.
Stick the CD in, and reboot. During BIOS (the technical first screen that appears very soon after computer turns on) Press DEL or F12 or F2 to enter Setup.
Go into Boot settings, and fiddle around until your CD drive is the top boot option. Might be called ATAPI or sommat.
Be sure to hit a button when windows setup asks to boot from cd.
Most of the install is self-explatory. When it asks you to select a drive to install windows to, you need to determine which is your current windows drive. If you only have one, that's easy as pie. If not, use the sizes to determine which is which - don't rely on order.
If you have two of the same size, free space could be a good clue - but to be safe, unplug all drives cept the boot drive.
Once you have the boot drive, select it and format it. If there is more than one partition on it, (and you don't have a good reason for multiple partitions), delete all the partitions and then make one to replace them. It should be the full size of the drive by default.
After that, cruise on through the install. Should be all good.
Do you have a laptop/tablet/phone to stay connected with your PC out of commission?
After selecting drive, I clicked on the only option available Load Driver, then received the following:
To install the device driver needed to access your hard drive, insert the installation media containing the driver files, and then click OK." (Note: The installation media can be a floppy disk, CD, DVD, or USB flash drive
Unregistered: The problem is I can't see/reach the 'next' button to continue the install
Hi,
Sorry to jump in here, but just a sugestion before you reinstall windows
As you removed your graphics drivers the resolution of your window system possibly dropped to 800x600.
If you change this to 1024x768 or higher, you should be able to complete the driver install
You can change this by starting windows, right clicking on a blank portion of your desktop and select properties. You should be able to adjust the slider to a higher resolution
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