Lost LAN after reformat

[cleterpan]

I have a dell 1210 laptop taht was full of viruses so i decided to reformat. i used all the disks that came with the laptop and followed the down load. now when i try to get on the net there is no lan or wireless to connect with. does anyone have any ideas to help me fix this? i would like to give it to my mother to use to check her mail and play solitaire.

 

[bhowell]

Do you have any entries in Device Manager with yellow exclamation points on them? If so, you still have missing or incorrect drivers still.

 

[badge]

Go in to BIOS and enable the LAN.

 

[aivaa]

Just install the drivers and utility cd in your laptop if no go to www.dell.com and search the drivers for lan and Wireless