I've been using my wifes Acer Aspire One, it has issues: I have a verified fast connection speed but internet pages load slow. I've tried Chrome, Opera and Firefox with similar results. I've done due diligence on trying to resolve it, following multiple fixes/solutions....
This laptop fails every time to do Windows updates. In fact up until a few days ago when I downloaded and installed updates manually, it said, last update: NEVER.

Anyway, I'm tire of fighting it and just want to restore it to factory setting to start fresh. But, it came with Windows 7 already installed and no disk drive to use even if it came with a disk. I do have the code.

How do I do a fresh install without a disk to boot from?