Help required recovering windows 8

Hi,

I have a new laptop which had win 8 installed. I created a recovery DVD then downgraded to win 7. During the win 7 install, all disk partitions were wiped. I now want to recover win 8, but when I run the recovery DVD (troubleshoot -> Advanced options -> system image recovery) I get a message saying that "Windows cannot find a system image on this computer". I would hope that a system image was written to the DVD, but I don't know if it was... I don't know what I'm looking for. How can I check? If it does not contain a system image, how can I reinstall win 8?

Many thanks to anyone who can help.

TAO

Welcome to EightForums.

What software did you use to make the system image?

You can use the OEM version of
http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/5132-recovery-drive-create-usb-flash-drive-windows-8-a.html

Did you make the OEM manufacturer's Recovery Disks?



You can order OEM Recovery disks from your OEM manufacturer's website.
Most OEM's will ship Recovery DVD's for FREE, (may be a postage fee)