Windows 8 reinstall, not 8.1 for gods sake, Total factory reset with Factory disk

I downloaded the windows 8.1 system on my factory 8 system. Major problems occurred. Now I need to install windows 8 to factory settings. I am looking to do a clean install as my pc has less than 25 hrs on it even though it is 1.5 years old.
It is a dell 2330 all in one. I do not have much on here and it has been save to a zip drive. I would like to keep windows media and a few other programs and need a little help with this. Thanks all for the support.
Jim

Hi,
As your PC is OEM version, please contact dell for the installation/repair media (as britishdhez suggested), with that you won't need to activate Windows a second time for the clean install, it will use the key stored in your BIOS.
For the key issue, please take a look at the explanation of Don in the following thread:
How to Get the Product key!?
Besides, if we want to update to Windows 8.1 from Windows 8, we may follow the link below:
Update to Windows 8.1 from Windows 8
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