How do I wipe clean and reinstall Windows from the recovery drive?

Hello people,

Need some help here since I'm a Windows-format-virgin.

I recently got a used Windows 7 Home Premium laptop (HP Presario).

Basically I want to wipe out any information and user accounts that are on there.
And change the system's language to English. A fresh, clean start.

I don't have a Windows 7 disc, all I have is a Recovery drive D.
And a product code and product key.


So my question - how do I do that? How do I clean and reinstall/format/recover Windows 7 so it's like new?
Thank you in advance for your input, I really never have done this, so I don't want to mess it up.

OK, yes, I can do that.

But before I try to do a clean install from a DVD, could the same be done with just a Recovery drive?

No, I wasn't able to access it and have a peek on what's in there.
Is it possible to see if English will be available?

I opened the Recovery manager while it was booting (ESC).

There's an option for System Recovery (restore your computer to the out-of-box state) and another for Minimized Image Recovery (restore your computer to a clean Windows environment, with minimal software and drivers installed).

So I guess I need a former one. Because I probably need the drivers, etc. Unless that's just bloatware... ?

Thanks for your help.

OK.
Hope it's right.
Anyone else have any objections/suggestions, before I push the button?

It's all good!


I opted for the out-of-box recovery and it went smoothly - only 10 min or so, and it was all fresh and clean... Well, not exactly clean because I still have a lot of crapware to uninstall and fix an issue with ZA firewall eating up all the CPU which strangely didn't happen before the wipeout...

Anyway, thanks a bunch for your input, ya'll.