Accidently Deleted my Monitor

I have Windows XP on my Dell desktop. It got a bad virus, so I reinstalled it. Everything on the screen is huge so I thought the driver must need to be updated on the monitor, so I put the disc in and went to the monitor settings. It had it set as basic VGA. I disabled it, thinking I could then install the disk I have for the monitor. Now I have no monitor. When I start the computer, it gives me Windows with the F2 and F12 options, then goes black. I've tried doing narrator, blindly, but can't seem to get to it. When I try to boot in safe mode, it gets to a certain point of lines and freezes and never goes to safe mode. All I did was disable the monitor…. What can I do to get it fixed?

Hello,
When you first start the machine press F8 repeatedly until the advanced boot options menu is available.
Select Last known good configuration.
If this does nor work you can try selecting safe mode with VGA (or VGA mode)
Since you JUST reinstalled XP, you can always do another install, but try the options I just gave you first.
Once in to windows you can do a system restore to undo the changes that you made, or go in and change the settings back.

I tried Safe Mode and VGA and Last Known Good Configuration. Nothing works. Safe Mode starts running the lines and freezes. VGA goes to the blank screen. Lask Known Configuration goes to the blank screen.

Hi Adasha,

I have Windows XP on my Dell desktop. It got a bad virus, so I reinstalled it.

What did you reinstall referring to the quote from your first post?

I notice here on WTT you have not had your system cleared for Malware since January 2008.

How are you posting here into this thread with no monitor?

Please let us know. Others will come by to assist you, but we need answers to the above thanks…..

kind regards

Hi adasha Basically you got to decide if a re-install is easier than the hazzle it would be in trying to restore your PC. I don't know your computer skill, and how confident you are in using the recovery Console. It can be done, but if you have no data on your HD, its hardly worth it, and not at all a bullet-proof way of doing this. It is a last resort, when everything else fails. So tell us your decision, and we go from there. Regards

I have a laptop, thank God… I went ahead and re-installed Windows…. Thanks so much for your help!

Hi adasha No problem. And a re-install would be my choice also Regards

Ok. Guess what? I reinstalled, it worked fine, but installed my monitor as a generic monitor. I can't change the settings, so it has huge fonts and 16-bit color. I restarted the computer, and now the monitor is gone again!!!!! HELP!!!!!

Try safe mode or safe mode with vga again. Do you have another monitor that you can try. What may be happening is that the signal is out of range for your monitor (even if that makes no sence). The driver is incorrect, but tha basic driver should give you a display.