Problem installing windows 7 boot camp(cd/dvd drive)

This happens right away after clicking to install now(see picture). The window takes me to where it has to find a cd/dvd drive and it can not find any. I can't advance further into the installation because of this. Anyone got any clues as to how I can fix this?

This happens when Win7 doesn't seem to have the right hard disk controller driver for your setup.
Might be that you somehow got a bad burn in (which can happen on occasion) or that the disc is damaged or dirty.
What I've also seen happen, is that Windows sometimes gets taken aback for no reason at all, in which case starting over might help.
If your Mac requires another storage point for the drivers, you can use a USB flash stick as the driver source.
Nate

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