Download and extract files
Download Drupal from http://drupal.org/project/drupal and extract the download file to a folder on your hard drive. (Replace the 'xx' in drupal-x.x.tar.gz with the actual version you've downloaded.)
Move the files to a directory within your web server's document root or your public HTML
Create the configuration file and grant permissions
In the sites/default directory, copy the default.settings.php file and rename the copied file to settings.php.
sites/default/settings.php
Create the Drupal database