Can't reinstall SL after disk format

My problems began when a got a kernel panic when the computer was starting up on Tuesday morning. After that I could not successfully login I would get one of three error: a kernel panic, the apple logo changed to a circle with a line through it or the spinning circle below the apple logo would just keep spining.
I tried resetting the PRAM and resetting the SMC. This allowed me to login successfully once.
I tried safe mode. After about 20 minutes of the loading bar it automatically restarted but didn't solve the problem
I booted using the recovery partition. I ran disk utilities, both permissions and the disk verfied with no problems. I tried to restore the hard drive from my time machine backup but it came up with restore failed. I tried reinstalling lion (From a DVD) and I tried reinstalling snow leopard both of which failed.
After this I decided that I should do a clean install. Using disk utilities I was going to erase the hard drive but it say that it could not unmount and there were files still in use, dispite trying to run from the lion and snow leopard install disks. So I took the harddrive out and put it into a external docking station. I ran disk utilites again and this time it unmounted and erased successfully.
I put the harddrive back into my mac hoping that everything should go smoothly now with a clean install from the snow leopard disk. However the installer failed twice and looking in the installer log it failed both times because the harddrive could not be unmounted.
I was wondering if anyone has any suggestions on how to get around this unmounting error as I have exhausted all my ideas

Hi,
The repair disc you mention does not contain the files to reinstall Windows 7, it just provides a way to access recovery and diagnostic option etc.
There are Two options available.
1. You can order an OS Recovery Disc from HP.
Contact HP.
2. Another option you could consider is to create your own Windows 7 installation disc.
Before trying the following, make sure you can still read the 25 Character Product Activation key on your Windows COA label ( 5 blocks of 5 alpha/numeric sets ).
An example of a COA Label can be seen Here.
You can create a Windows 7 installation disc yourself using another PC - just download the correct Disc Image ( this must be the same version that originally came with your notebook ) from the link below and use an application such as ImgBurn to burn the ISO correctly to a blank DVD - a guide on using ImgBurn to write an ISO to a disc is Here. These Images are clean and from a well-respected source ( Digital River ).
Windows-7 sp1-iso-official-32-bit-and-64-bit
Use the disc to perform the installation, enter the Windows activation key found on the COA Label when requested and when the installation has completed, use the 'Phone Method' detailed in the link below to activate the OS - this method supported by Microsoft and is popular with people who just want a clean installation of Windows 7 without the additional software load normally bundled with OEM installations.
http://www.kodyaz.com/articles/how-to-activate-windows-7-by-phone.aspx
Additional drivers and software for your notebook can be found Here.
Best regards,
DP-K
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