How can I manually install a driver for a video card

[fixerofoldandnew]

I have an older PC I'm trying to upgrade from 1997. its actually not that slow and has good sound.

I have an ATI Radeon 9250 i want to install in it. since its current card is a little bit  lacking and it need to be upgraded. It fits fine in the system (its a PCI card). but when i ran the CD with the driver on it it freezes up!
This is kinda one of the harder components since without you cant see anything. so its not like i can go into Add hardware and then put in the CD.
So any other way? can i do it manually? how?
please try to be detailed.

thanks! 

[BC_Programmer]

This is kinda one of the harder components since without you cant see anything.

Why not? (Without a driver, I mean)

[Quantos]

You should still have the VGA driver, why can't you see?

[fixerofoldandnew]

Well I couldnt see because at first i had only one card in (the new one) which was not recognized. So I inserted the old than tried to install the driver off the CD. wherein the computer froze. Apparenty I have another PCI card slot that i can insert the new card into. so I guess ill boot it back up and try "add new hardware" Ill tell you if this works