lan connection

[aladdin sane]

i have just put in a new hard drive replacing the old one completly but now i cant connect to the net .The LAN connection isnt on the pc now , nothing in device manager for it either . I have an orange live box connection by the way and desktop is the wired connection.Putting my old HD back in works ok but nothing with the new one .Ive had dell dimension 2350 for 5 years now and only just upgraded memory to 1 gig and added a new dvd burner both which work ok .I was told maybe a new network card is needed but if i can sort it without that would be good any help appreciated as im a total novice when it comes to inside workings of pc . the network adapter in device manager says broadcom
440x10/100 integrated controller

[johnwill]

How did you install Windows on the new hard disk? You need to install all the chipset, network, sound, video drivers, etc. for a new install.

[aladdin sane]

Hi i loaded xp from the reinstallation disc and then i put application cds euro tools on and dell dimension resource cd drivers and utilities , apart fro mthat i have onlyone other cd and thats driver utility cd for the modem v.92 but as i have a livebox broadband connection i was told i didnt need to reload that , hope that helps?

[johnwill]

Start, Run, devmgmt.msc

Under Network adapters, please tell me all the devices listed. Also, are there any devices anywhere in the Device Manager display with yellow ? or ! displayed?




Also, let's see this.

Start, Run, CMD to open a command prompt:

Type the following command:

IPCONFIG /ALL

Right click in the command window and choose Select All, then hit Enter.
Paste the results in a message here.

If you are on a machine with no network connection, use a floppy, USB disk, or a CD-RW disk to transfer a text file with the information to allow pasting it here.

[aladdin sane]

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 .

[johnwill]

Since the NIC works with the existing Windows installation, I can't imagine why you'd need to replace it.

All the yellow errors in Device Manager indicate you have NOT loaded the chipset and other drivers for the machine, which is the basic issue.