Question about an antiquated XPS Gen2

Hey everyone, I just purchased a new laptop and am giving my ooooold XPS Gen2 to my sister. I reformatted it and then realized (OOPS!) that I couldn't find the original drivers disc that came with the computer. Luckily I had the Windows disc. Anyway, it is a clean install, obviously, but lol I can't even get the network card to work, much less the wireless network card built in because the Windows CD only had Windows on it (obviously) nothing more. Not that it is relevant, but this is an XP lappy.

I want to restore the PC back to factory specs before giving it to my sis.

I checked Dell's site and went to the "drivers" section for my lappy, but I am not sure what to install. Also, there seems to be only drivers, not "programs" unless I am just missing them. Now my sister is NOT a gamer, so I am not worried about the bloatware, per se, though I could delete a lot of crap after I install all the factory presets. Although, some of the stuff she would actually like, for instance AOL, she uses still. If it were me, for my laptop, I would want as few programs as possible installed, but like I said, she is not a gamer. She will use the PC for Internet, chatting with her friends, and writing.

Any suggestions on getting the original factory programs WITHOUT paying Dell for the discs? lol

 

Your system should have a service tag on it. What you can do is put in your service tag under the drivers section of Support.dell.com, download all the drivers for your system to a flash drive, and then load them up on to your old laptop. Hope this helps.

 

I tried that with my Dell desktop PC and a flash drive, but the Dell site kept trying to install the drivers onto my system. For some odd reason, I couldn't just download them without installing, at least the one or two I tried. Weird.