Cannot connect to internet on xp

[Broni]

If his computer came without any CDs, then most likely it had recovery partition, and it was supposed to be used to restore his computer.
Your CDs are OEM XP version?
I don't understand why installation would ask for SP2. Were all partitions removed before formatting?

[Ribbit777]

my friends hard drive had the system restore but it wouldnt work

i kept getting blue screened

and i put media center on it it worked but i basically got a blank screen with a trash can

and the internet wouldnt work either

so i used my old hard drive and put it in and it worked fine except for the part where i dont get internet...

[Broni]

What's the situation in Device Manager? Any errors?
Also...
Download, and install Everest: http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4181.html
Open it, click Computer, then Summary.
In upper menu, go Report>Quick Report-Summary
Save it in text file, and paste it in your next post.
Don't include anything under line Debug - PCI

[Ribbit777]

well on my friends computer i ran a dsk repair and it said it did repair some stuff to the hard drive

but when i tried to just boot it, it still wouldn't work

and as for downloading it, unless i can put it on a disc i cant download it on that computer it has no internet

[Broni]

It's not clear.
Your friend's computer has his old HD in, or yours?
I understand, you can't download anything, but you can use CD, or flash drive.
What about Device Manager situation?

[Ribbit777]

no i took the hard drive out of his computer so its out of it

i put my own hard drive into his computer

so now mines in it

as for the device manager give me a few i gotta go check

[Broni]

K.

[Ribbit777]

all my "other devices" have yellow questions mark icons besides them, so i'm assuming the drivers are missing for them being the errors i was looking for

[Ribbit777]

as for that download it says that it's no longer free

[Broni]

That's why, I asked before, if motherboard drivers were installed.
I asked to post Everest report to see what components are there, including motherboard, unless you have an access to the drivers.

[Broni]

If you went to my link, THAT Everest version is free. Check again.

[Broni]

Don't search for Everest. Go to my link.

[Ribbit777]

okay i got it

im downloading it now

[Ribbit777]

its gonna be a bit before i post it cuz it wont re copy the text back onto the disc so i'm going to go get a flash drive from a friend

[Broni]

OK.