Many Dell's have a recovery partition on the hard drive and if yours has this, it should be used to reinstall, as it will install everything back to the factory condition and no discs are needed.  F8 at power on will access the Dell recovery partition.   On a manual install a required install sequence is required for a successful install.  (1) Install Windows (2) Install Dell Laptop System Software (3) Install motherboard chipset drivers (4) Install device drivers including video, Dell sound, ethernet, etc.  It sounds like the motherboard chipset drivers were skipped as they are required before installing device drivers and are key to a successful reinstall.  Dell Reinstall Instructions.
I have re installed windows vista on my studio 1536 model number pp33l. I have several problems in the device manager... I'm getting yellow warning signs on network adapters and other devices which has base system device, ethernet controller and fingerprint sensor. I have tried my best to fix the issue and did some research but I am not to good with this driver setup. I am not able to connect to the internet and the ethernet gives me a code 1. i was able to fix the media player as it didnt play dvd movies before but this is very hard for me to fix. i have the driver and utilities cd that came with the laptop but i dont know what to do. So if anyone can help that would be great.  Thank you
help please! re installed vista but ethernet and other devices do not work.