CCC and AMD graphics card failed after updating driver

I have an HP Pavilion dv6 6c-32eg laptop. 
I recently tried to update my GPU driver, as this was required to run a particular program (oclHashcat, if you're interested). I downloaded the installer from here, and ran it. It appeared to run fine, but after the required restart, the screen resolution was set to 800x600, instead of the usual 1366x768. I then recieved an error message saying something along the lines of "Your AMD driver could not be installed as you do not have the required hardware". In Device Manager the GPU had something like "windows has stopped usinig this device as it reported an error". 
If I try to open CCC, the program runs for several minutes, with a relatively high CPU usage shown in Task Manager, and then the message " Catalyst Control Center: Host Application has stopped working". 
I have now tried various different methods of fixing this problem, none of which have worked. Attempting to download a driver from the AMD website didn't work, as the website said the driver was not appropriate for a computer with switchable graphics. 
My laptop does not appear to be using the AMD GPU, as trying to run any games as a test causes them to run slowly and with minimal resolution. 
My laptop has dual (switchable, from CCC) graphics:
-An AMD Radeon HD 7690M XT card, with a driver version 8.882.2.3000, and date 30/09/2011. 
-And Intel HD Graphics Family, with, apparently, the same driver version and date as above. I am unable to find out exactly what kind of Intel GPU it is. 
I also tried to update the Intel graphics driver, to see if this would fix the problem at all, but it made it worse: the screen became very red, and low resolution. I fixed this by reverting to a system restore point made just before. Sadly, I did not think to do this before originally updating drivers. 
My question, then, is: how to I regain full usage of both graphics cards?
Here is a copy-paste of my system information:
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Component Details Subscore Base score Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2450M CPU @ 2.50GHz 7.0 5.9   Determined by lowest subscore Memory (RAM) 8.00 GB 7.5 Graphics Intel(R) HD Graphics Family 6.6 Gaming graphics 5861 MB Total available graphics memory 6.6 Primary hard disk 298GB Free (462GB Total) 5.9 Windows 7 Home Premium
System    Manufacturer Hewlett-Packard   Model HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook PC   Total amount of system memory 8.00 GB RAM   System type 64-bit operating system   Number of processor cores 2 Storage    Total size of hard disk(s) 1397 GB   Disk partition (C 298 GB Free (462 GB Total)   Disk partition (D 325 GB Free (932 GB Total)   Disk partition (E 1 GB Free (4 GB Total)   Media drive (F CD/DVD Graphics    Display adapter type Intel(R) HD Graphics Family   Total available graphics memory 6373 MB         Dedicated graphics memory 2560 MB         Dedicated system memory 0 MB         Shared system memory 3813 MB   Display adapter driver version 8.882.2.3000   Primary monitor resolution 1366x768   DirectX version DirectX 10
Performance Information and Tools More details about my computerComponent Details Subscore Base score Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2450M CPU @ 2.50GHz 7.0 5.9   Determined by lowest subscore Memory (RAM) 8.00 GB 7.5 Graphics Intel(R) HD Graphics Family 6.6 Gaming graphics 5861 MB Total available graphics memory 6.6 Primary hard disk 298GB Free (462GB Total) 5.9 Windows 7 Home PremiumSystem    Manufacturer Hewlett-Packard   Model HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook PC   Total amount of system memory 8.00 GB RAM   System type 64-bit operating system   Number of processor cores 2 Storage    Total size of hard disk(s) 1397 GB   Disk partition (C 298 GB Free (462 GB Total)   Disk partition (D 325 GB Free (932 GB Total)   Disk partition (E 1 GB Free (4 GB Total)   Media drive (F CD/DVD Graphics    Display adapter type Intel(R) HD Graphics Family   Total available graphics memory 6373 MB         Dedicated graphics memory 2560 MB         Dedicated system memory 0 MB         Shared system memory 3813 MB   Display adapter driver version 8.882.2.3000   Primary monitor resolution 1366x768   DirectX version DirectX 10
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Hi,
There may be a 3rd party option you could try for a more updated set of gpu drivers, however I'd first suggest getting your system back to a state where the switchable graphics function correctly.
Try the System Restore first.
If that doesn't work, the AMD driver package ( containing both gpu drivers ) you require can be downloaded from HP on the following link.
http://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp55001-55500/sp55092.exe
Regarding being able to find a more updated set of drivers, a lot of people with your type of switchable graphics have had success with the offerings on the following 3rd party website - I would strongly recommend reading the Manual first to get an understanding of how this works and why driver signing enforcement will need to be disabled in order to load these drivers.
http://leshcatlabs.net/
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