Hiya Susan.
I suspect that the little battery in that PC is dead, and it can no longer retain the information about what the bits and pieces in it are!
I'd suggest you drop it into a PC store for their technicians to check it, replace the battery if necessary, and configure it for you. That should cost you no more than a standard service fee, and will determine for you if that very old PC is worth persevering with or not.
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