Can I do a fresh install from the recovery CD

I'll buy a new laptop that comes with Windows 8.

For various reasons, that I want to continue to use Windows 7, so I will clean up the computer and install windows 7.

Now the question:

One day I might want install windows 8 on the computer again, how can I install it when I have no disk Windows 8?

You can do without any trace of Windows 8 in the background.  For example, if you buy a bigger hard drive and put it in the computer.  This hard drive is completely empty, and you can use your system created image to reload with Windows 8.

But don't forget, a recovery disc and a system image disc are two different things.

The manufacturer of your may have included a disk creator tool is or Windows has its own built-in function.  However, on a windows, there was some changes on how to create a system image disc (a few changes with 8.1 Windows as well), so here's how: http://www.howtogeek.com/167984/how-to-create-and-restore-system-image-backups-on-windows-8.1/

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