Installing Windows 7 on Mac - no bootable device error

Hello,
I recently purchased Windows 7 Ultimate and am trying to install it on my MacPro running Lion and Bootcamp 4.0. I spent the last couple of days looking online at other fourms and YouTube videos to no luck. I installed Windows 7 and can get it to boot successfully using the Option Key when restarting, but only when the Windows 7 disc is in the drive. When the disc is out of the drive I get the following error when booting into Windows: "no bootable device -- insert boot disk and press any key" and basically freezes. Does anyone know how to fix this error?
Thanks in advance,
Chris

I ran Bootcamp, first downloading the the apple install files for windows and then creating the partition. I choose to partition my hard drive 60 gB. Then I installed the 64 bit Windows 7 Ultimate and ran though the standard process, including choosing the reformat to NTFS file system. I then installing Windows using the defaults, and ran thought the defaults. I remember then installing Apple "setup" from the install files I downloaded. I also remember setting the startup disc to "Macintosh HD" in the Windows 7. Basically I ran though the bootcamp installation guide. I sorry if this isn't that technical, I not a techie. If there is more info that helps, let me know.
If it helps my laptop is:
MacBook Pro 15-inch, Late 2008
Mac OS X Verison 10.7.1
Processor 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
Memory 6 GB 1067 MHz DDR3
Graphics NVIDIA GeForce 9400M 256 MB
Thanks, Chris

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