HP Laptop upgrade from Vista - 4 frustrating failures!!

Windows 7 disk just went to install screen, do I need to do something else?

On reboot it asks:

Press any key to boot from CD or DVD...
If key pressed it boots into the install screen

If left to it's own devices it says NTLDR is missing

panic over was confused by apparent start of install found repair console on second page

jecook said:

On reboot it asks:

Press any key to boot from CD or DVD...
If key pressed it boots into the install screen

If left to it's own devices it says NTLDR is missing

This is expected.

Now boot into DVD Repair My Computer and run Startup Repair 3 separate boring times.

It will do its dozen tests and attempt to repair the MBR, then rewrite the MBR to 7. Usually takes 2-3 reboots.

boot looks strange, it comes up with user name but then goes into 'Preparing your desktop' an then I get a blue screen which has in right hand corner 'Windows 7, Build 7600, This copy of windows is not Genuine' !!!

Use Computer>properties activation link to insert your correct product key.

This sometimes happens on Reimaging operations, rarely so far on Resizing.

LOL. 7 can be sensitive to being moved around.

Go to System properties window- and reactivate.

Boot into PW to run System File Check to get a clean bill of health on the Resizing operation

where do I find system properties window? or Computer properties activation link, all I have is a blank blue screen with the not genuine note in the corner no icons at all. I can run task manager that is all

I can run a cmd console but presumably not in administrator mode