Question re: boot camp and Windows 7 installation

Hello,
I'm having some trouble installing Windows 7 on my MacBook (early 2007 model).
Here is what I've done:
I had Mac OSX.4.11. I installed Snow Leopard and did the software updates.
I partitioned the disk using bootcamp assistant. I allowed 5 GB for Windows.
I tried to install Windows 7 on the partitioned volume using the Windows installation disc, but it said that it needed 5707 MB of space and could not install it on the partitioned volume.
I then removed the partition using Boot Camp Assistant. When I restart the computer, however, it says that the boot disk is missing, unless I hold down the option key and boot it to my Mac hard disk.
I did that and tried to partition my disk again using Boot Camp Assistant. Bootcamp gave me this error message: "Back up the disk and use Disk Utility to format it as a single Mac OS Extended (Journaled) volume. Restore your information to the disk and try using Boot Camp Assistant again."
I ran the disk utility repair using the Snow Leoard installation DVD, and it said my hard drive was fine, and already formatted as a single Mac OS Extended (Journaled) volume.
But when I run boot camp assistant again, it gives me the same message.
What should I do? I'd welcome any suggestions.
Thank you!

Windows 7 32-bit good size would be 30GB or more and still leave 20% free of your Mac partition.
Use Restore in Disk Utility to copy the volume to another drive, then erase (format) the DRIVE (not the volume), and RESTORE.
You can use SuperDuper or CCC. Or if you use Apple TimeMachine, to do a full system backup and restore.

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