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As from the specification of this model on net I have found that there is only modem not Ethernet card, so you have to install first Ethernet or LAN card to connect ethernet cord with your pc. Make sure your motherboard has PCI slot to install it. Let me know updates.
You may be better off adding a new Ethernet card instead since this model has had onboard ethernet problems in the past. I have even had to remove ethernet chips from these PC's just to get the computer running again. Ethernet cards are dirt cheap and quite easy to buy at office max, office depot, bestbuy, walmart and other places.
Shouldnt think it was the cables since you got as far as you have. Could be a problem on the drive and you might want to do a low level format to make sure. Drive type should not matter. Western Digital has a low level format utility on there site. wd.com
my other thought is that for some restores you have to have the exact components present that originally came with the machine. so, unplug everything but keyboard, mouse and video. put back to original amount of memory.
use a windows disk to do restore from scratch instead of restore disk. good luck.
Windows doesn't detect Ethernet connected devices. You could hook up a dozen Ethernet Modems and Windows would not see any of them, but they all would work fine using TCP/IP. It is not like you installed the DSL Modem/Router inside the case of the PC. You do know how Ethernet works, right? The only driver needed is the correct one for your Ethernet card, but that comes the Ethernet Card or the Motherboard Drivers CD for onboard Ethernet.
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You only need the Ethernet if you want to connect to a network. If you can not get the onboard ethernet to work, you can always use a USB adapter. By the way, have you downloaded the drivers from nVidia?
Ok, you need to put a new Op system on the computer, (I assume you want XP) If you have an older HP computer that came with XP on it, you probably already have the discs
Now keep in mind, you will probably have to go online and get the drivers for a lot of your hardware (modem/ethernet port, wireless card, maybe even your touch mouse)
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