i recently reformatted my computer and now i cannot access the internet or
anything, like when i go to my my network places no connections show up or
anything, are there some sort of internet drivers or something that i did not
put back on???? i neeed help

Ii would check the TCP/IP settings and DNS. Can you ping a public IP? If yes, can you ping yahoo.com? This troubleshooting may help,

How to troubleshoot internet access issues How to troubleshoot the Internet Access issues. You just setup a network and all networking computers can see each other. However, you have one of some ...
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Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
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  i recently reformatted my computer and now i cannot access the internet or
  anything, like when i go to my my network places no connections show up or
  anything, are there some sort of internet drivers or something that i did not
  put back on???? i neeed help

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