windows 7 installation

[computerfailure]

ok so mai friends computer had a virus...fortunatly i had a copy of windows xp professional laying around...it was the upgrade but i got an old windows 98 cd to boot it...the virus was just a pain and wouldnt let me load anything so i just went ahead...restarted the computer and booted the windows xp cd...formated the drive...all was going well until i found that some1 had tampered with mai cd and scratched it all to hell...now all the files wont copy n installation is just a waste of time...so i went 2 mai friends house n borrowed his windows 7 home installation...so i put it into the computer 2 load it n the computer says ntldr file not found please click ctrl alt del to restart so i find this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyT4AmjvMeI n follow it all the way to the point to rebuild n i have no checklist...now i booted from windows xp install b4 all this n formatted...i cant boot the 98 i cant boot the win7 all it wants is the xp...so i got to the point that i went through windows repair so that i would be directed to the windows dos...i formated through dos u kno c:format...click y 4 yes....its formatting now...is there anyway i can boot the windows 7 cd from this dos prompt after its done formatting...or should i boot the 98 install it then load the windows 7? which i really dont feel like doing thnx

[Gecko]

computerfailure,

You should be able to just drop in the win7 disk and install after the reboot from formatting.

[john_mike123]

Please follow the step by step instruction -

1. Start your PC & place Windows 7 DVD in your dvd drive.
2. After a few moments, you will reach the installation menu & choose the English language.
3. Click Install now and proceed.
4. Accept the license agreement.
5. Windows Installation is start.
6. After installation activate your Windows your product key.
7. Configure your time settings.
8. Congraulation.
9. Done, your windows -7 is installed.

Thanks