Installing drivers

My Windows XP laptop has no back up discs and I had to reloaded the operating system. Can not connect to the internet via a D-Link wireless, can't reload drivers. Don't know where to get or how to load new drivers. Can anyone help me or do I need to take the machine to a tech?

Thank you for your reply. The laptop I am having problems with is an Acer Aspire 3610. I have downloaded a driver from the Acer web site and copied to a folder on my C drive. I am having a problem identifing for sure which device in the Device Manager that I should be reloading the driver. Network Adapter ?? Nothing has a wireless name.

I would approach this a little differently.

If you can connect the laptop to the router / modem via the ethernet cable go into device manager:

Click Start > Control Panel > Performance and Maintenance and then click System.
On the Hardware tab, click Device Manager.

In here look for any icons with a yellow or red warning icon, right click and select update driver. Let windows automatically find drivers for you.

You should be able to resolve a majority of the driver issues this way.

Also while you are connected to the internet, install all the hotfixes and install service pack 3. This will resolve some more driver issues and apply needed security updates.

Does your laptop have wireless built in or do you use a wireless dongle to connect to the router?

Your wireless LAN should be broadcom.

Reaktek is for the LAN

Realtek is enabled but my computer is asking me to connect to my D-Link device via a wire. I am trying to set up wireless, I am confused as to what to do.