| Boot into Safe Mode to use the last known good configuration.
|

The last known good configuration is the one
from the old machine. But you can try it. Good
luck. On the other hand, if it doesn't work you
may have no other options, so why not just uninstall
the drivers before storing the backup? It's not a
lot of work.

Booting to safe mode *should* be fine for graphic
drivers. I've never had a case where I even needed
to do that. But one never knows. Clare@ seems to have
come across something funky. (Which wouldn't surprise
me on a Dell machine. I would never buy one of their
computers for that reason: They customize both hardware
and drivers unnecessarily, so that one is often dependent
on Dell parts and service.)

I think a big part of the problem is that Microsoft
has had a monopoly and could afford to adopt a
parochial attitude. Windows should be more adaptable
and less brittle in dealing with new hardware, but MS
like to imagine that's not relevant. They assume one
Windows license for every machine. So there's little
documentation or adaptation of the OS for being moved.
(Despite the fact that they charge about $100 extra
to millions of people for the Pro license that gives them
the legal right to move their "license" and OS to another
machine.)