Windows Vista to Windows 7 Pro on boot camp

I have Windows Vista installed on my boot camp partition and I want to upgrade it to Windows 7 Pro. When I went to install it I get the error "Unable to create a required installation folder. Error Code Ox80070005." There is a couple of threads on Microsoft's web site on what to do but, it did not work. I am told that Windows 7 is not compatible with using boot camp. Has anyone else had this problem? Or is there an upgrade for boot camp?
Thanks for the help.

Hello
Boot Camp: Windows 7 installation frequently asked questions
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3986?viewlocale=en_US
Boot Camp: System requirements for Microsoft Windows
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1899
HTH
Pierre

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