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Alright I tried to get to the windows recovery menu but it didn't show up on the boot manager. I guess I will have to download the windows 7 cd then.

I tried putting an HP windows 7 repair disk on but that did nothing.

Okay I am familiar of when I had a recovery partition back when windows 7 was installed but when I had windows 8 I don't really remember having one. Is there any way to access it?

Just to clarify, I bought my laptop as a demonstrator model and It only came with a power cord and the thing itself. I do not have any recovery disks.

I'm installing Ubuntu onto the laptop, Will this allow me to do anything with it? e.g, download a windows 7 ISO and upgrade it with the windows 8 key?

Before I reset windows 8, I had no windows.old folder. My computer does not have a manual at all. I tried installing linux but it still said no OS was found.

I don't have a recovery disk and I don't have a windows.old folder?

I reset windows 8 on my alienware m15x for a fresh restart but it was taking too long and got stuck a 30% so I held down the power button. Next thing It says No Operating system detected. Help?

So I have the setup file and the product key from the email but still the audio and the Internet has a cross over it. I tried connecting it via Ethernet cable and it still wouldn't recognise it. Is there any way that I can get back onto windows 7?

I bought the $40 upgrade (which was a download). However I checked on the micro soft account that I bought it on and it says nothing about downloading the installer again. I am still searching for it though.

I have a major problem now, I deleted windows 7 from the boot tab of msconfig and converted the partition from logical to primary but now I have a massive problem; When it rebooted, It had no Internet or Audio. Also when I tried resetting the system via the settings screen, It said no changes...

So how would I convert the logical drive into primary?

I got the windows 8 consumer preview last year and upgraded to windows 8 when it was released for $40. Back then I had two operating systems, Windows 7 home premium (Which was on the main partition) and Windows 8 preview. I upgraded the preview to 8 but now I am running out of space and I would...