Install Windows on iMac with no DVD drive

I have a modified iMac.  It has a solid state drive in leui of the superdrive.   The SSD is a OWC drive.
How can I install Windows?   I have tried modifying plist files, and kexts to allow me to use my MBA's USB superdrive, with no luck.    I have also modified the bootcamp assistant to allow me to create a Windows 7 USB Installer from an ISO.   However, when I initiate the installation, the computer restarts, and I get an error "No bootable device -- insert boot disc and press any key"  I get this even though I created an installer with the BC assistant.  I've tried doing this with thumb drives and external USB drives.
Can anybody help me out with a method of getting Windows installed?  My computer is a 27" 2011 iMac.  I cannot put the DVD drive back in because not only was it broken, but also because I then wouldn't be able to install Windows on the SSD. 
Thanks.

You might have better li=uck of an answer if you post over in the Boot Camp forum where the Windows gurus hang out.
Allan

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