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Question posted by guguthabisile on April 19th, 2012

Wireless Connection

once i fomated my computer it lost my wireless connection. what must i do?

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Answer #1: Posted by DellJesse1 on April 23rd, 2012 9:01 AM

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Once you formatted and reinstall windows you will need to reinstall the drivers back into the system. There is a list of drivers that need to be installed in a certain order. At the link below is the order in which the drivers need to be installed on your computer. Once you install the Wireless card driver you should be able to connect to your wireless. If you need to download drivers for your system you can also click below.

Drivers for N4020

Driver Install Order

For setting up wireless and your internet you can click on the link below and choose network and wirelss from the additional resources section.

Networking and Wirless

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