How do I install on boot drive?

I am most confused. I Think. First thing one sees when one loads Boot Camp Assistant is that one cannot install it on the boot drive but at the same time the internal drive must be a single partition. My interpretation is that I must set up a thumb drive to boot from and so I do. I must also have a second such drive upon which the Windows image file will be installed. However after all this has occurred and WIndows is trying to install I find it cannot (reason is that the installer does not like to see extra any drives, throws it off. Exact reason I cannot say because the error statement is at home and I am at work). So what are people booting from so as to initiate the install?
Bob vandiver

You need to put a basic installation of OS X on the drive. Boot from that drive. Proceed as usual after you have read the Boot Camp documentation.
Apple Support - Boot Camp
http://support.apple.com/kb/index?page=answerlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmanuals.info. apple.com%2Fen_US%2Fboot_camp_install-setup_10.7.pdf&answerid=16777218&src=suppo rt_site.manuals.search
Boot Camp - Installation & Setup Guide (OS X Lion)

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