Boot Camp  - Windows won't install

Hi,
I'm running OS X 10.10.2 on my iMac 7.1 (2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 4 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM). On completion of Boot Camp partition Windows 7 DVD won't install - I get a black screen prompting me to select boot mode. However, keyboard and mouse are disconnected at this stage leaving me powerless to do anything. There's nothing wrong with the Windows 7 DVD, I might add - installs perfectly when running Parallels Desktop 10/Parallels virtual machine. Can anyone tell me, how to resolve this annoying issue?
Regards missil1

missil1 wrote:
Hi CellarDwellr,
Thanks for your answer.
Although my install DVD does indeed bear the "OEM" mark, I don't think the "OEM" is the root of the problem, as the DVD installed perfectly on my iMac by means of Parallels Desktop 10. Furthermore, I made a perfect and smooth installation of Windows Vista (OEM DVD) on my iMac some years ago by means of Boot Camp (running Snow Leopard at that time).
Hence, I'm inclined to suspect this to be an OS X issue rather than anything else.
Finally, I did comply with the Boot Camp manual on both occasions.
Regards missil1
You can't just compare your windows 7 oem to your old windows vista oem. There are many - probably hundreds - of oem versions out there. You probably have a limited notion of what "oem" stands for. An OEM version of Windows is a special version for a specific computer or models of computers and none of them are for Apple. Dell or HP might sell OEM versions of windows, tailor made to work with their models of computer. Which means they preinstall drivers specific for, say, a Dell Studio laptop. Often they will also force a partitioning scheme on a computer's harddrive as well. If it worked in Parallels, you were lucky.
If you want to try Boot Camp again, use Boot Camp-assistant to delete your Boot Camp partition and start over.

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