Cannot Find Drivers on USB Drive While Installing Windows 7

I'm so annoyed by this whole process. I have a Macbook Pro Retina, brand new, and I need Windows 7 installed pronto on bootcamp. Obviously I don't have an optical drive. I did install Parallels with a Windows 7 ISO downloaded directly from the microsoft website that installed perfectly and works perfectly, but it doesn't run smoothly with the apps I need to use so I need Bootcamp.
I've researched on here. I've tried both a Sandisk Cruzer USB2.0 thumb drive as well as the Sandisk Ultra USB3.0 drive. I've tried downloading, unzipping and putting the Bootcamp Support files directly on the USB with the windows iso called "WININSTALL" as well as a different USB thumbdrive that I formated to MS-DOS (FAT32). I cannot find the issue, but once I boot in to install windows, it says it can't find the drivers. Earlier I could get the keyboard and trackpad work, so using the Bootcamp Assistant I deleted everything and the partition and started over allowing the assistant to do everything (the 3 radio boxes were checked) but then it still doesnt find the frigging drivers. HELP me please! Thanks in advance.

Hey djbolt,
Success! Finally got it working.
I was told by Apple support that new Macs that don't have built in DVD drives cannot complete Windows installation from the DVD directly. One must first create a disk image of the Windows install DVD (in Disk Utility), then merge this disc image with the boot camp drivers (done in Bootcamp) onto a USB flash drive.
These instructions refer to Windows 8, but the process is the same for Windows 7.
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS5373
Hope this helps.

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