Install Mac OS X on a hard drive with Windows?

Hello everyone. I have a Mac mini (Mid 2011) running Windows 7, Windows only in HD and recently bought a new installation of Mac OS X Lion to reinstall it, but to download the new facility, need to open the Mac Store from Mac and only have windows.
In short: I need to install from scratch Mac in HD.
Does anyone know how to solve?

The 'normal' way to install Windows on a Mac requires that initially the Mac have OS X already installed on it, you would then use Boot Camp Assistant which would 'divid' the hard disk in to two parts one for Windows and still keeping the Mac part. It would therefore be possible to set the Mac to boot directly in to Windows and later switch back to booting in to the Mac part.
It is potentially possible to configure a Mac with just Windows on it and no Mac drive but this as mentioned above is not the normal manner. If you had done it the proper way via Boot Camp Assistant then you would also end up with a Control Panel in Windows to let you select the Mac or Windows drive to boot from. See if there is a Control Panel called Boot Camp in your Windows system.
If the Control Panel was not installed then another method of switching which side to boot from would be to hold down the Option (aka. Alt) key on your keyboard when you turn on the Mac. This should cause it to display a list of all available boot volumes. See if one looks like a normal Mac boot volume and try it.

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