MBP hangs on "expanding windows files"

I just bought the latest MBP 15" and decided i wanted to install windows. So i started the bootcamp assistant and partitioned 50GB of space. I then put in my windows 7 dvd and pressed start installation. Everything was going fine until it got to "expanding windows files", at that part it just hangs at 0% and doesn't go anywere.
I don't know how to fix this, if therr even is a solution, but any help is appreciated!
Thanks,
George

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