Bootcamp 5 installing windows 7 on macbook pro

Dear Comunity
After a week and a half of trying to install Windows 7 on my Macbook Pro Early 2008 after installing Mountain Lion then trying via Bootcamp 5 resultedl in trashing my whole system at least twice and me having to reinstall Moutain Lion twice and all my software from scratch twice. I have eventually managed to install Windows 7 (32 bit) after days of trial and error with the use of my Desktop Mac Pro which runs Lion and the use of a PC and a legit copy of Windows 7.
The first problem I encountered was after going through the bootcamp procedure was when it restarts it can not read the Windows 7 dvds (32 or 64 bit) and you are just stuck with the : insert Bootdisk and press any key to continue, so you cant get any further?
If you use the alt key option to start up from and even select the WIndows 7 disk it still cant read from it and boot up from it, so you cant get any further?
If you create a bootable Windows 7 usb stick, it still wont let you boot up from it, because older Macbook Pros have and optical drive and you still get the insert Bootdisk and press any key to continue, so you cant get any further?
The only way I could eventualy install Windows 7 on myMacbook Pro Early 2008 was as follows:
I created disk images of both the 32 & 64 Windows dvds using Disk Utility which creates images with the extensions .cdr, which i then changed to .iso.
I created both the 32 & 64 bit images because at that point I was unsure which version my laptop could run.
I then copied them on to a usb stick along with Bootcamp Tools that you download at the start of the Boot Camp Assistant process.
I then took that usb stick and copied the files on to my PC.
I then downloaded from the Windows website the Windows 7 usb tool and using that created two bootable usb sticks one with the 32 bit software one with the 64 bit software and copied on to both of them the additional Boot Camp tools folder.
I then copied from my Mac Desktop Pro Boot Camp 4 and put that on my Macbook Pro desktop (purely because i was not sure if Bootcamp 5 is part of the problem)
I then inserted the usb stick containing the Windows 7 (32 bit) software in the usb port next to the power cable, the usb stick with Windows 7 (64 bit) software in the usb port on the other (righthand) side and then started up Boot Camp Assistant 4, you already have the additional software, so you can untick that and just continue with install Windows 7, it then goes on to partition the disk and then stops and asks you to insert the Windows 7 disk (before it did not it) you insert the Windows 7 disk( I used the 32 bit disk by luck) and it then starts to install but it is actually reading from the usb stick in my case the usb stick with the 32 bit software, it then goes onto ask you to format your Boot Camp partition to the right format NTFS to install Windows, ( at that point STOP and make sure you are selecting the correct partion or drive), once thats done its just a case of waiting for the installation to finish, and Windows to start up and then install the Bootcamp Tools which will be on one of your usb sticks or on a cd if you created a disk with them on.
I now have Windows 7 running on my Macbook Pro Early 2008 and I then tried to install the 64 bit version but as soon as I tried it said my mc was not capable of running the 64 bit version so in hindsight I could have probably not created a bootable 64 bit usb stick but I was unsure at the time

Bootcamp will support your MacBook Pro, and 32 bit versions of windows 7 for sure. To find out if you can run 64 bit versions go through the boot camp assistant on your mac, partition the disk, and it will list compatible operating systems. Windows 7 will still work even if it's not there.
You can find the type of ram by going to About This Mac in the Apple menu and clicking on More Info…
Your hard drive will be 2.5" sata drive, though I'm not sure if it's user replaceable on that generation. My friend has a similar one and I think only the ram and battery can be changed on his. Good luck!

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