I erased everything as in EVERYTHING, no software, completely. How do I install the OS software 10.7?

I erased everything on my computer hoping to start from scratch... I went too far. Now I can't install 10.7 nor 10.6. Background... I received my Mac Mini from my son and want to put in my admin information on it. Whenever I start it, it always go to the Disk Utility. Even holding the option key... There's no disk to boot from. I hit the recovery disk.... Nothing. I've tried to reinstall 10.7 from the menu... Nothing. I even purchased 10.7 and the code. I even purchased the 10.6.3 install dvd... Nothing, it just keeps spitting it back out. My Mac mini is the early 2007 model, so the highest OS is 10.7. Please help or just te

Thank you for replying. Nothing as in when the computer tries to install Lion from the internet it says 'not available at this time' or something along those lines.
How would I reboot to recovery partition? When I click on the Recovery disk, it states it is unable to.
I do not have an external drive.
I do have an other Mac, but it's ancient... it is 2003 17" iMac with no Intel and the highest OS it has is 10.5.8. It does have a Firewire, but in the article you stated, it said I needed to have 10.8 or higher as the host computer. :-( I also tried to put the System on USB from the iMac and then try to install in the Mini... nothing. But at the same token... I'm not 100% sure on everything I am doing. LOL!
If there is some way for me to start completely over from scratch and install an OS X in there, I am willing to do that. But I need step by step instructions... when I say step by step, pretend I don't know anything about computers. I have had Macs for many of years (20+ years), but have never had to go inside of it.
I also forgot to mention... before I erased EVERYTHING, I tried, okay I did go in to the root screen to try to copy what someone had posted to start for the install screen... that's when everything went wrong. I know... I should never go in there. Any help and input is greatly appreciated. Thank you again!!!!

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