'No Bootable Drive' - Error

Hi all,
Need some help (even after reading and re-reading all the Bootcamp posts and Manual):
i) Created partition its in FAT format.
ii) I know i need NTFS format for Wondows 7. As i understand it when the Windows Instaler runs, there is an Advanced button to choose and select NTFS?
iii) However, when i select Install from Boot Camp and insert my DVD disk with Win 7 .ISO file, it runs, the Mac Book Pro screen then returns a Black Screen with 'No Bootable Drive available - press any key to select' where-by nothing happens.
Can someone help me out please?
Thanks
Paul

hi mate,
thanks for getting back.
I managed to figure it out and now i can get passed this error.
however, i now get another error "select boot type. 1 or 2"....
so after doing some more reading, i think i need a 32bit version of windows as
my macbook is a '07 model.
Ill try that next.
if that fails then there seems to be another thing to check and thats how the .ISO
has been created (sonething like normally the file gets a '1' added to the start code, which needs to
be removed apparently??).
thanks again

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