Windows 7 Upgrade failed, restore failed, system unusable

I tried an upgrade to windows 7 Home premium to vist ahome premium, I ran the Upgrade Advisor, downloaded the upgrade files and follow-up of all prompts. In the final stages of installation the installation failed, and then the software tried to reinstall vista and the system crashed. I am now taken in-between and can only access a screen like below:

Microsoft Windows [version 6.1.760]

X:\$Windows~BT\windows\system 32 >

Need help please, I lost everything.

Thank you

Graham.

Boot from the Windows 7 DVD
Click Install now
Accept the license agreement
When the option is displayed to select a type of installation, click (Custom advanced)

Select the disk partition where you want to install Windows 7 click Next.

You will receive the following warning:

The partition you have selected may contain files from a previous Installation of Windows. If so, these files and folders will be moved to a folder named Windows.old. You will be able to access the information in Windows.old, but you will be able to use your previous version of Windows.

(At all costs, do NOT click on anything in Format, deletion or Partition name.) So even do a custom installation, your personal files are still kept. Click OK

The installation program will now begin installation. During installation, your computer will be restarted several times.

Once the installation is complete, you can complete the Out of Box experience as the choice of your laptop, create a username, password, your time zone. You can then proceed to download the latest updates for Windows and reinstall your applications and drivers.

You can then retrieve your personal files from the Windows.old folder and reinstall all of your applications and drivers.

http://notebooks.com/2010/11/09/how-to-recover-documents-music-and-email-after-upgrading-with-the-Windows-old-folder/

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