Windows 7 Installation Guide

I'm trying to upgrade my laptop from Windows XP to Windows 7, but I keep hitting this error message:

C:\ Administrator.X:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CM
X:\windows\system32>_

The keyboard isn't responding to normal letters at all—it only registers capital letters with accents on them.
I guess I'm not sure if this is some kind of virus or if the Windows 7 installation files might be corrupted.

Any help would be appreciated,
THANKS!

Which laptop are we looking at here? What’s the manufacturer and the specific model?
Did you go into the BIOS and set the CD/DVD drive as the primary boot device—and make sure to save those settings—before trying to boot from that Windows 7 disc?

If I go ahead and install new Windows, am I gonna lose all my data or what?

A laptop running Windows XP is throwing this error while trying to upgrade to Windows 7;
C:\ Administrator.X:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CM
X:\windows\system32>_

Check if your BIOS settings match what Larry Ortiz5 suggested. If they don't, just enter the BIOS, reset to defaults, and then fix your boot device priority order...

The keyboard isn't responding to any letters, except for uppercase ones with accents...
I'm not sure if it's a virus or just a faulty Windows 7 installation.

I saw something similar once on a newer len G series... I told the guy to take it to a repair shop since it's still under warranty...

Will my data stay intact if I install the new Windows...

It will, provided you don't format the partition where the files are stored...
If you have a standard setup with two partitions, "C" and "D"—where C is the system drive and D is usually for storage—reinstalling Windows formats C, while D remains untouched...