When your Desktop screen appears, you are ready for the next step.

Personalize and customize your Windows 7 operating system by following the instructions on the following screens.

If the Primary Partition shows 0GB free, select Unallocated Space and click Next.

On the Where do you want to install Windows window, select the largest internal disc as the Primary Partition, then click Next.

On the Which type of installation do you want? window, click Custom (advanced).

Review the license agreement, and click I accept the license terms.

On the Windows 7 Installation dialog box, click Install Now.

When Windows 7 Setup appears, confirm that the Language, Time, Currency and Keyboard Method fields display the correct settings.

Once the Boot menu opens, select CD/DVD drive (listed also as CD-Rom or CD/DVD/CD-RW) and press Enter. If this menu does not appear, try restarting your computer again and pressing F12 several times when the Dell logo appears. When the logo appears, press the F12 key to load the Boot menu. NOTE: If the disc does not begin to run, press your computer's Power button and watch for the Dell logo to appear. You will find instructions on how to configure it for reinstallation. When your computer has more than one hard drive and a RAID configuration setup, refer to the user guide or manual for your computer for information about the type of RAID configuration your computer supports. When that does not work, refer to the Dell Knowledge Base article How to create and use the Dell Windows recovery image. When your notebook does not have an optical drive, refer to the Using the built-in Dell Factory Image Restore partition tab first. When you are using a Dell Direct USB key to reinstall Windows 7 refer to Dell Knowledge base article Dell Direct USB Key-FAQs. When you have not done so, refer to the Using the built-in Dell Factory Image Restore partition section before installing Windows 7 manually.

Restoring your computer to its original factory settings takes less time than reinstalling Windows 7 manually. If you have an Intel Sky Lake or Braswell processor, you must review and follow directions for restoring your operating system in Dell article, Dell systems with the Intel Skylake or Braswell Chipset cannot boot to Dell Windows 7 media due to no USB 2.0 See Dell article, Microsoft Windows Operating System support for Intel Kaby Lake processors for more information. If you have an Intel Kaby Lake processor, installation of Windows 7 is not supported.

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