Also have a look at my Windows Reinstallation Guide/A Clean install of Windows 7 for additional more detailed instructions: [URL]
My hard drive has crashed and I need to restore the original factory image to a new hard drive.  I have several backups but apparently never created a system recovery disk.  How do I get my original Windows 7 installed so that I can restore the rest of my files from backup.
How to reinstall Windows 7 on Inspiron 1545