Bootcamp restarts then freezes at starting windows

I was installing windows 7 home premium to a 300gb portion on my iMac, it went through the initial installation then restarted the computer. It said press any key to start from disc, I tried to hit space but if I remember correctly, it switched to windows startup splash screen before I had the chance. The s Rene is black except for the words "starting windows" I don't know what to do, can someone please help?

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hodgin.ca/2012/10/02/creating-a-uefibios-windows-7-usb-and-installing-to-gpt-partitions/
STOP AFTER STEP 13!
1. Open a command line in administrator mode
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