Mac Mini 2012 BootCamp Windows install failing

Hello,
I have the new 2012 Mac Mini (model Macmini6,2).  I'm having difficulties installing Windows 7 with Bootcamp.
I run the Bootcamp Assistant which successfully creates a Windows 7 install disk (on a USB drive).  It also successfully downloads the latest windows support software and puts it on a different USB drive.  The hardrive partition options come up and after selecting the desired partion layout the system reboots and starts booting the Windows installer.  This is where things go wrong...
The Windows installer is unable to recognize my installed hard drive.  It asks for additional drivers and regardless of what drivers I select from the Windows support files it never is able to see the hard drive, and therefore can't continue with the installation.
Has anyone else had this problem?
Thanks,
Bill

Well, the first time I did format the BootCamp partition with Win 7, just like I did for the Win 8 install previously, and I still got the error.
But I just tried again after a reboot, and the Win 7 install worked this time.
But the partitions listed were different this time. Previously Windows displayed partitions on 2 disks (disk 1 and disk 2), but this time it only displayed one disk.  So something changed between the first time I tried it and this second time.
After the failure the first time, I read some discussions on the Fusion drive, and it appears that the Boot Camp partition is created on the mechanical drive only, and that if you use Boot Camp / Windows, you will not gain any benefit from the SSD or Fusion architecture.  If this is accurate, it is a bummer.

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