Macbook pro 2006 SSD+HDD windows flashing line

hi
I have a 2006 macbook pro 15' A1211 with a samsung pro 256GB SSD and a western digital 320GB sata on optical bay.
i have sucessfully install osx on ssd and windows on hdd. and was working fine until now
i have refit for the dual boot.
Now everytime a start to run windows, it hangs on the flashing line.
if i ran through parallels it work great, i can boot it.
thought the dual boot it hangs.
i already that 3 commands to fix mbr and boot loader.
bootrec /fixmbr
bootrec /fixboot
bootsec /nt60 all
and still nothing.
any ideas?
best regards,
pedro serra

I have beaten my head against the same brick wall, a few years ago now, with a MBP 3,1.
Replaced optical superdrive drive with HDD, and used external USB optical drive. I discovered that there was no way any bootable Windows CD/DVD would boot from the external burner. Tried Microsoft install disks, Paragon and Acronis. Also tried a different burner which was firewire or usb
I ended up putting the superdrive back in the MBP and all would boot again.
I have since heard that there are exceptions and ways round this, but you may be in same situation.
Windows is fussy about booting from external optical drives.

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