Option disabled on Bootcamp Install windows 7

Hello guys.I have a problem.Boot camp won't let me to select " install windows 7 or later".i have search on Google but I dindt found something..Can you give me a hand please.Thank you!

2 problems
first, you have too many partitions, boot camp assistant will only work if your hd has 1 partition when it starts (usually named macintosh hd), to fix this you have to delete the extra partitions
second, you'll likely need a new w7 iso, dl the correct one from this link
http://techverse.net/download-windows-7-iso-x86-x64-microsofts-official-servers/

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