okay i have the old HD in at the mo and when i transfer it back to new i will follow your commands thanks , i was told by a local pc repair shop that i can just put a new network card in for £5 and that should sort it out , any idea if this would be a viable option ? for reconnection .thanks for the replies so far

. Also as far as i recal there was a few yellow ? with ! next to them as well but mostly for my digital camera and other usb devices such as webcam and mp3 player .Actually looking at the network adapter in device manager now there was no network adapters there but other was highlighted in yellow
contained all the ?&! when i opened it .