Windows 7 64 bit Install Issues

Hello every one. I am trying to dual boot Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit on my Mac Pro. I have used the Boot Camp Assistant to partition a whole hard drive for Windows 7, but when I try and install the software the computer restarts and I get a black screen with white text saying to "Select CD-Rom Boot Type", but I can't do anything from that screen. The drive is in FAT32 format, in port 2 and has a 500 GB capacity. I'm using Boot Camp Assistant version 3.0.4. Help would be much appreciated.

You guys missed the important parts
1. FAT is what BOOTCAMP is and does
2. OP has 'unsupported' Mac Pro
3. You can't boot from Win7 64-bit without reburning DVD after modifying it as an ISO
4. To use two processors you will want Windows 7 Pro or Ultimate;
to use more than 1.9GB RAM you need 64-bit
s and I get a black screen with white text saying to "Select CD-Rom Boot Type", but I cannot
http://jowie.com/blog/post/2008/02/24/Select-CD-ROM-Boot-Type-prompt-while-tryin g-to-boot-from-Vista-x64-DVD-burnt-from-iso-file.aspx
That is common, old, well-known issue.
I agree you don't need BCA and must pull other drives.
But this has nothing to do with not having NTFS, that comes later in the game.

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