Broken Folder Error On Mac Mini

Hi,
I recently brought Mini Mac of i5 2.3ghz 8GB 500GB hdd, when i have got the system it's was perfectly alright and today when i have tried to install windows 7 on my mini mac by divided 500 into two partition while installing i did not found Bootcamp Drive on windows installation so by mistakenly i have removed the mac OS Drive and installed Windows 7 after installing i found that it's not showing the Mac OSX on booting option so i tried to make a bootable USB for installing Lion but when ever i am trying to install it's showing BROKEN FOLDER ERROR and switching of the system automatically i have also tried flashing PRAM etc but no use and i don't have a external dvd drive so i need to install any thing by USB only so please help me to resolve this issue

I'd kill for 256 kbps
Without knowing how you created the USB installer, it's hard for me to say. If you did it correctly your computer should be able to boot from the USB and everything ought to be easy to figure out from there. If that isn't happening, I'd say it's not worth pursuing.
Did you try to boot with Startup Assistant? Try restarting your computer while holding an Option key. If the USB is an option it will appear, but since you already got the "broken folder" icon after a normal boot I can only assume it will not appear.

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