Hello,

I recently reformatted the hard drive on my Dimension 3000.  I am now getting an error because the Ethernet adaptor driver is not installed, so I am unable to get on the Internet.  I did not receive a disk with an ethernet adaptor driver, so I downloaded every possible driver available based on my service tag number.  I already searched other posts and they all say "Download the driver from the Dell web page", but give no further details.  I am driving myself crazy trying to get this driver installed........I burned every driver file to a disk and was hoping the proper driver would be found if I searched drive E.....no luck.  Should the computer be able to automatically detect the correct driver regardless of the storage location?  Do I need to manually install the driver and choose the proper file? 

On top of this, none of the drivers I downloaded said "ethernet" in the name.  There was one available under the "network" section which I assume is the correct one but I am not sure.  How do I know which Ethernet adaptor driver I need?  From what I can tell, it seems that Intel® Pro/100 M Ethernet Adapter is the standard one used.....but again I am clueless.

Any help would be appreciated.  Thanks!