lost internet after reformat

Go to a command prompt. Type ipconfig /all and post the results Stuart

Did you install the network drivers?

i switched isp's about a year ago and they set up the net for me. i dont have a disk. i typed in ipconfig and the responce was c documents and setting ***********. the *'s r the computer name. sry. i tried the motherboard disk as well but there r no drivers on it as well.

Type: ipconfig /all Did you check Device Manager to see if the network card is showing up correctly? LIR

I don't know how you got the response you did from ipconfig. Try again. Click run. when you have a command prompt type ipconfig /all > C:\config.txt. It will appear as though nothing has happened but you will have a text file in the root folder of the C: drive called config.txt. You see something like this. Copy and paste it. Windows IP Configuration Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : saturn Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : home Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection: Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : home Description . . . . . . . . . . . : VIA Rhine II Fast Ethernet Adapter Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-11-5B-A4-D2-08 Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.64 Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0 Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.254 DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.254 DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.254 Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Sunday 21 February 2010 00:37:24 Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Monday 22 February 2010 00:37:24 There is a lot of useful information there that will give an indication of what is happening. It wont be exactly like this but something similar. It is the number opposite Default Gateway that is the important one at this stage. It will also show if drivers are correctly installed or not. BTW, There is no need to hide the computer name. You are not giving anything confidential away unless it is something personal you don't want anyone to know. Mine's Saturn and my Laptop is Jupiter. Stuart

device mgr tells me the card is reading and enabled. My bro in law built the box for me and is on the way over to c whats up. will keep u informed, thnx for the help thus far. nascar69 from the cold central north of canada.