No Internet-Network Adaptor??

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?