I used to like the GUI of the installer. Until making a new partition:

Then select max size and click Apply, this popup i most want to avoid:

If you are fine with the wasted 100MB partition, do this from beginning:
Click the Repair your computer
link near bottom left:

When it finished loading, select Use recovery tools...
and click Next:

Click Command Prompt
link:

In the command window, type diskpart
and press Enter. See DiskPart command line options:

I now assume you want Windows 7 to take on single partition on Disk 0. Lines you need to type:
select disk 0
clean
create partition primary
active
assign letter=c
format fs=ntfs quick
exit
exit
Now 1 single active primary partition is ready and formatted as ntfs, close the System Recovery Options
window to return to first screen, click Install now
.
For Type of Installation, click Custom (advanced). Then click Next (notice the partition is type "System"):

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You need to delete both partitions when you get to that screen so that you see one whole Unallocated space. There should be a
– MonkeyZeus – 2013-11-07T18:05:27.627Drive Options (advanced)
button/link in middle-right: http://www.wikihow.com/Install-Windows-7-for-Beginners and http://pcsupport.about.com/od/operatingsystems/ss/windows-7-clean-install-part-1_11.htm3@MonkeyZeus: That's good enough to be an actual answer. – Robert Harvey – 2013-11-07T18:10:23.740