reinstalling windows 8 from image on p576 dell laptop

[bookout1958]

i want to reinstall windows 8on my dell p576 laptop but it say insert lost things by usb or other..it doesnt have dvd player on laptop... i want to reinstall to factory but i think it is missing something..it wont let me proceed to reinstall..it wants me to insert something to proceed but i have nothing to insert...can u help me?

 

[jr9]

OK, so you do not have a DVD player. Windows can also be installed using a USB stick. Before doing that, does your laptop have a Dell recovery partition on it? Using this to reinstall would make things much easier for you.