New hard drive need help

I have the dv4 and the hard drive crashed a while back. Just got a new hard drive for it and installed it and I get a blackscreen with a blinking cursor. I've read some other posts and am currently running the hard drive test through the f10 page. I have a windows 7 disk in the disk drive.wouldn't it load up automatically?
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Hi,
Try the following.
Remove the Windows 7 installation disc and shutdown the notebook.
Tap away at the esc key as you start the notebook to enter the Start-up Menu.  Insert the Windows 7 installation disc.  Select the Boot Options menu ( usually f9 ).  Use the arrow keys to highlight the CD/DVD drive and hit enter - if prompted to 'Press any key to continue......', do so.
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