Bootcamp hangs when installing Windows 7 on Macbook Air

I purchased a new Macbook air less than 1 month ago. 256GB SSD drive, maximum RAM. It's running OS X Lion (10.7.1). I plugged in a USB DVD drive, keyboard, and mouse.
When trying to install Windows 7 64-bit Bootcamp Assistant creates the partition, creates the windows driver disk, then reboots to install windows from my retail version of Windows 7 Home Premium (DVD.) It hangs with the progress bar about 10% of the way across. The message "windows is loading files" is displayed. I waited a full 45 minutes but nothing changed. Help!

Look at your SSD. See if there is an issue, firmware update, etc.
not all SSDs work - some work in one OS and not the other, the Mac 2011s have been known to have issues with their SATA3 cable interface and chipset.
Apple and Intel and others have all issued fimrware updates.
In some cases people have just sent back their MBP because they were such problem, and that just running Mac OS, not even Windows.

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