Windows installer not starting (iMac 24" 2006 white, Lion Bootcamp 4.0, Windows 7 64b

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I am attempting to install Windows 7 64 bit OEM on my iMac 24" white (late 2006) using Bootcamp 4.0 on Lion. I create the partition using Bootcamp and then the Windows installer does not start as described in step 3. of the Boot Camp Installation and Setup Guide. I have updated the Lion software.

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George
 

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Are you inserting your Windows 7 DVD? After creating the partition, the system will reboot but you must have your install DVD inserted otherwise the Windows 7 installation can not proceed.
 
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Yes, I have the Windows 7 64 bit install DVD inserted while creating the partition and during the following system reboot.
 

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OK, just wanted to be sure you had inserted the DVD. What kind of Windows 7 OEM disk are you using? Only the MS boxed version and the System Builder's full version of Windows 7 will work. Also, since your machine is around 6 years old, what kind of condition is your optical drive in? Are you able to boot your iMac with its original disk?
 
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I have a Microsoft boxed OEM System Builder Pack that I bought at Fry's. It is a full version of Windows 7 64 bit. The Optical drive seems to be fine. I just recently upgraded to OS X Snow Leopard from a DVD using this Optical Drive.

FYI
I found another thread about running Windows 7 64 Bit on systems other than in a list provided by Apple. I ran the suggested Terminal Command with the following result:

george-halls-imac:~ georgehall$ ioreg -l -p IODeviceTree | grep firmware-abi
| | "firmware-abi" = <"EFI32">

Does this mean that I can not run 64 Bit Windows 7 on my system? Do I need to upgrade the firmware? Can I change this parameter and get the system to boot the Windows 7 install disk?

My System is an iMac 24" white (late 2006), 2.33 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo 4 GB mem. NVIVIA GeForce 7600 GT
Boot ROM version IM61.0093.B07
SMC Version (system) 1.10f2

Thanks for you help.
 
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Well, That is a lot of work!! I really don't care if I am using 32bit or 64 bit. I just bought the 64 bit because it seem logical at the time. I think that I recall seeing something about being able to download a 32 bit installable system and using the same license keys that came with my 64 bit install DVD. Maybe that is an easier direction to go?

Thanks for your help.
 

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