Bootcamp hangs on apple logo

Hi so i am trying to install bootcamp on a external drive with SL and a partition for win 7
I have install windows 7 successfully using parallels so i know the disk works does anybody know why this might be happening.
I do have several internal drives and sometimes it boots the wrong disk of which one hangs on the blue screen?
any thoughts why it hangs?

Did that no entry flashes up.
Just tried to make a iso in disk utility and tried it on my new laptop.
copying failed and if i try and do it with the disk the drive goes crazy.
I have installed this disk using parallels on a trial so it's not the disk what is happening really don't know what else to do! windows doesn't supply 7 as a download anymore does it?

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