Boot camp hangs at blank screen

I have an early 2011 MBP 15 with Lion and all the latest updates install. I removed the super drive and installed an OCZ 120 GB SSD. My current configuration is 120 GB SDD installed in place of the 750GB HDD and the super drive is replaced with an optibay that holds the 750 GB HDD. I have Lion install on the SSD and want top install Windows 7 using boot camp. I ran the Boot Camp Assistant, created a 100 GB partition on the 750 GB HDD and a Windows partition with a full Windows 7 installation disc inserted in an external USB super drive. I click install (or begin, I forget) and my MBP rebooted as it should. I saw the gray screen and the activity light flashing on my external USB super drive, but the screen went blank and simply hang with a flashing cursor. At this point the Windows installer should begin, but it does not. I tried a partition on the SSD with the same results. I checked the Windows 7 installation disk on a PC to insure that it works and is bootable (It worked fine on the PC).
I've been working on this for several days and googled dozens of web sites with no solution that worked. Any help worked be greatly appreciated. TIA!

I've been thinking,
since you have two harddrives,
1. restore the windows7.iso onto the hdd,
2. bootcamp and partition the windows part. on your ssd
3. connect your hdd, and fire up your mbp with your hdd holding option key
4. install windows to your windows partition
5. finalise it
6. delete your windows7.iso
BAM you have your ssd+hdd dual system.
this is just my thought, not sure if it'll work or not since i still haven't recieved my optibay yet

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Hello there, nice to meet you all.
I have an old mid-2010 MacBook Pro 13", and a while back I set up bootcamp on it so I could run Windows 7 and Mac OS. I prefer to have both for various reasons.
But just yesterday, I was experiencing difficulties with using the Windows partition of the drive. It constantly froze and gave the message "Display driver has crashed and has successfully recovered."
It was bugging me, so I closed down all my programs and applications, then restarted my computer. But after I held down the [alt]/[option] and selected BootCamp, the computer screen just went to black instead of the windows loading screen. I thought it may just be taking a while, but I waited over thirty minutes and there was no sign of it starting back up, or even any kind of change at all. I tried turning up the brightness, adjusting the volume, and trying to click around for maybe a response. But no such luck.
I forced a shut down on my Mac and let it start up naturally to its Mac OS. Everything is working perfectly on that end.
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And if not (meaning I would have to wipe the windows OS and reinstall bootcamp) does anyone know if there's a way to access the %appdata% folder from the Mac OS side? I have all my important files saved, but I had some important tabs open in my web browser (firefox) that I'd prefer not to lose, and I'm fairly sure that data is kept in that folder, but it's hidden on the Windows side.
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Your Mac (from MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2010) - Technical Specifications) indicates a nVidia GT320m. If you have Windows set to automatically update and any driver updates are pushed to the Mac, you are likely to see this behavior. Can you boot Windows into Safe Mode? If yes, you should rollback the GPU driver (check what version you have before you rollback) and install the BC driver instead.
On a Mac, if the BC drivers are installed (and you are not on Yosemite), both OSes have read-only access to partitions of the other OS. For example, in OS X, you should be able to open the Bootcamp volume in OS X Finder and see your files. The reverse is also true, and you can see the OS X files in Windows Explorer.

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I had experienced this myself on my late 2007 MacBook Pro, and I had to roll back the drivers in order to upgrade Boot Camp.
Many issues have been reported about driver conflicts in Boot Camp on the unibody MacBook Pros, and Boot Camp is definitely due for an update. For these reasons, I have chosen not to manually update drivers on my unibody MacBook Pro.
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Boot camp partitioned the hard drive on my new Mac Mini and restarted after I clicked Start Installation, but came up to a black screen. No blue installation screen, nothing.
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Mark, I would like to explain that the issue should be related to the display card driver. We still need to contact the Apple support to verify if their machine has been tested under the XP environment when DVI or AVG is in use. This issue is related to Hardware and cannot be resolved from a Windows XP standpoint. Our Windows XP Support Team deals mainly with issues related to the Windows XP Operating System. Thus, we are not the best resource for this issue.
Please understand the problem may be beyond our support boundary and, therefore, our help to troubleshoot this issue is limited. Let’s contact the manufacturer who will be more familiar with their products. To contact them, please access the following link:
http://www.apple.com/support/contact/
==========================================
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Hi fellow Mac buddie,
I just zapped the PRAM, and also reset the SMC switch on the mother board.....no luck.
In refenece to the hybrid SSD drive, I've already taken that one out, put in a fresh 3.5" drive, formatted and installed a fresh clean version of Lion OS, and then attempted the Boot Camp install using Lion with the newest Boot Camp version (3.1 or 3.2) Please see my original post above.
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Hi,
Recently my dad's Windows 7 (Ultimate 64-bit) on his Mac Pro has stopped working. It gets stuck at a black screen with a blinking cursor. I've waited at least five minutes and it doesn't do anything, I have to power it off.
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I find both these things to be strange. The partition is backed up, which is fine, but I'd rather not have to re-install it if possible.
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Cult, welcome to the forum.
It sounds like you have a failing power supply unit (PSU). This will cause the symptoms that you describe. If the computer isn't getting enough power, it can cause numerous problems. You can try disconnecting any unnecessary components to see if it will boot. Here is a guide to help you troubleshoot the problem.
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Boot up hangs at blue screen

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