No bootable device while installing Windows 7

hello there
i've read many of the posts on this issue but haven't gotten the answers that worked with my system (MacBook 13'' with SnowLeopard)
I'm trying to install Windows 7 from ORIGINAL DVD, but i can get as far as partitioning the HD and create a Boot Camp separate
partition.
After that when Boot Camp prompts to install Windows 7, with the DVD loaded, i follow instructions, machine restarts and i get to a black screen
with the message "No bootable device found". None of the keyboard keys work, just the Power button.
Windows 7 is loaded onto an external HD via firewire and I'm booting off of there because my MacBook internal drive is not accepting any CDs or DVD (but that's another issue).
I suppose that i'm getting this message because Windows doesn't have any way to recognize the firewire port/peripheral...
Is there any way around it? Because i've read in other posts that it's possible to install Windows 7 from external drives...
I've restarted many times and rebooted into OSX (but holding option key) and retried via Bootcamp, but unsuccessfully.
At the moment i have a Boot Camp partition with ZERO content in it and i can't seem to move forward.
Ideas?
Given i don't have a USB DVD/cdc drive, should i try to do a disk image of my original Windows 7, and load it on to a USB HD and try that way?
i've never done a disk image with Windows, does it work the same way it does with mac, resulting with a .dmg file?
Thank you.

Hi,
indeed the missing FireWire driver could be the cause.
But the way you put Windows 7 on that external harddisk (HD) can also be the cause, since you would have to have a "Boot-Loader" on that ext. HD in order for it to be bootable.
Microsoft has released a rather 'short' instruction here http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/dd535816.aspx on how-to use an USB-Memory-Stick to install Windows 7 off it.
One a bit more detailed http://www.intowindows.com/how-to-install-windows-7vista-from-usb-drive-detailed -100-working-guide/
But you have to do all the necessary steps on a Windows-PC !
Regards
Stefan

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