Since you have the Dell Windows 7 Reinstallation DVD I recommend manual Clean Reinstallation. If you have data on the hard drive, back it up onto an external hard drive using Linux: [URL] Then use the Reinstallation DVD to wipe your drive, using Diskpart → Clean All: [URL] After that Reinstall Windows 7 using the Dell Windows 7 Reinstallation DVD: [URL] Then you can install the drivers in the correct order: [URL] The you may use Dell Backup and Recovery to make a new pseudo Recovery partition: [URL] 
 Hi, My name is Samyak Veera from U.S  I want to restore my Dell laptop to factory settings without the disk. People are telling to press F8 when I turn on my computer and go under repair  and such but every time I do that it says I need the disk so I have no idea how I can do this...Any ideas would be great thanks! Once again it's a Dell Inspiron 1545. Thanks  Samyak Veera
How to restore a Dell Inspiron 1545 to factory settings without the disk?