techie help pls to get me connected

balloo_2

Where to start? right i have been having a number of problems with my computer lately so i went to reinstall windows xp to fix any problems i had but it would not do it because it said the os is newer than the one your trying to install that must be because i have upgraded to sp3 from sp2 on my disk yes (haha well on my way now to becoming the oldest techie apprentice in the world) so temper took over and i decided to do a full fomatt :eek: not a good idea because now i cant connect my pc to the net not even a flicker on my netgear modem. Just incase you are wondering i have borrowed a wireless laptop and that is working in my house on my modem Process of elimination means there is nothing wrong with the old but trusty netgear. So thats as far as my techie knowledge goes so i am desperate for more help b4 my friend charges me rental for this laptop. i am running Windows XP SP2 and my desktop that is not working is connected via an ethernet cable.

Browntoa

it might just be that you have not installed the drivers for your wireless and Ethernet cards

look in device manager for yellow exclamtion makrs

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307970

then look for the drivers on the laptop and copy over to the PC