Windows 7 boot freezes

When i try to boot Windows 7 it freezed with a white screen. This happens when I use "Boot Disk" in Preferences or select the drive after booting with the "Option" key. Any ideas, please?

msconfig / chkdsk / Windows 7 DVD system repair or rollback restore point
Ccleaner 3.09 - remove temp files and caches / also run Registry section
Start: Run %TEMP% (select all) and remove all the contents in there
Heat, fans, poor Apple drivers, I would not blame ATI but I would upgrade/install those.
And yes BC 4.0 probably was not tested fully.

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