How to install windows 7 on bootcamp without using super drive

Hi All,
I have just purchased a new MacBook Air mid-2011.
I wish to install Windows 7 Ultimate on the boot camp partition but have not purchased any external drive.
How can I install Windows using remote drive of my other MacBook running OSX-Lion or is there any other way.
Please help.
Thankyou in advance.

If you want to install using Bootcamp Assistant try these links.
http://www.apple.com/support/bootcamp/
https://discussions.apple.com/community/windows_software/boot_camp
Or, you could install using a virtual machine like Parallels, Fusion, or VirtualBox.

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