This is my account but a question for my brother and his computer, one I gave him. It is a P4 Inspiron 8200. The battery has been bad for some time. Two days ago someone kicked the plug out by accident and the computer I am sure powered off within a few minutes of that. He is now having an issue connecting to sites on the internet with any browser. I told him it sounds like a hardware issue but it seems strange he can connect to google but, not his email, firefox forums, or about any other sites. Any suggestions would be appreciated. I am at a loss as to what it could be and he seems to want to avoid formatting the hard drive. Maybe a restore point or something like that.