No Internet-Network Adaptor??

Question

Hey folks..this a 911 call for Gurus!! My Dell Inspiron Notebook had a horrible vuirus and I had to wipe off the whole system and reinstalled the XP OS using the Recovery CDS provided by Dell. This is what happened after the reinstallation:   1)The screen and fonts became horrible and ugly. I tried to adjust the resolution from 16bit to 32 or whatever it was, but I cant change that somehow.   2)To setup broadband connection,I simply followed the Internet setup wizard, but when I am clicking on IE, it gives blank page. I tried to check the LAN settings, but now I dont see anything as LAN or LOCAL AREA NETWORK. I suppose I need to 'Enable' it somewhere, but I just cant find any of those darn network controllers etc. Just blank. FYI, I also installed all the drivers as per the Utility/Resources/Drivers CD that came with the system, but just cant get to internet.   Since this notebook was also Wirelessly connected to another computer and there was Linksys Wireless G notebook adapter connected, I thought to reinstall that as well and try, but after installation it says there is No Network Adaptor found in my system. Cant understand what did I messed up and why cant I get it back through recovery CDs...? Any help or guideline will be highly appreciated. If I can hear back by SUN, then I can do something, otherwise I will be stuck up for whole week without internet. HELP HELP..!!!   Ricky   Any guess what am I missing here?

Davet50 · Answer

after reinstalltion of the OS did you load the Drivers and Utilities disk? it sounds like your device drivers are not fully installed.... A good way to check is to go into Device Manager and see if you have any re X's or yellow ? listed..

RickyAzmi · Answer

Thank you for the response, Dave. Absolutely...thats what I did. Installed Drivers/Utilities. However, you are absolutely right about the Xs or Yellow. I do see the Yellows for Ethernet Controller and all the Netwroking stuff. Just cant figure out how to fix it. I have a feeling that the OS installation got messed up somehow as I was confued in selecting NTFS/FAT, some option it showed on the screen. Any suggestions on Drivers/Utilities? How do I get rid of those Yellows....???   Again. thanks for your time and response. Regards,   Ricky

Davet50 · Answer

look at the labeling of them in device manager and go to the Dell drivers web site and download the drivers from there and try reinstalling them....

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