BSOD when installing Windows 7 on MacBook Pro Retina

I tried everything I could but I'm unable to install Windows 7 on my MBP Retina using Boot Camp because of recurring blue screens always happening at exactly the same time.
After creating a new partition with Boot Camp and restarting to the point where the MBP is supposed to boot from the Windows 7 installation CD or USB flash drive (tried both), the black and white "Windows is loading files" passes without problems but I ALWAYS get a BSOD a few seconds after the Windows splash screen appears.
Here are some examples of the errors I get:
I tried reformatting and reinstalling Lion on my SSD several times, I even ran extensive memtest batteries but the RAM appears to be OK. I really don't know what to do anymore.
I read that Windows has issues with the HFS file system which can cause BSODs but since the error appears before I can even install Windows I cannot modify anything in the Windows installation. Then again it could be a ton of other things...

Could be you khave a corrupted Win 7 install file/files.
Try downloading the Win 7 ISO for the version you have from here.
http://www.mydigitallife.info/download-windows-7-iso-official-32-bit-and-64-bit- direct-download-links/
Then burn that ISO to a USB or DVD, USB would be better.

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Your last post was mostly right... It IS a bad idea to go that route!
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