Cannot boot into Windows 7 or from W7 Install DVD
[Env: MacBook Pro, "Late 2007" 2.4GHz C2D (MA896LL/A), OS X 10.6.8, Windows 7 x64]
"Up until recently," things had been working ok. I had been wanting to repartition my 320GB HD, but OS X said it couldn't be re-partitioned (one error: "Error obtaining resizing information (is this a Mac OS 9 compatible "wrapped" HFS volume?)"). So I found Drive Genius 3 and it said it was removing Mac OS 9 drivers when I went to resize it there, and now, everything is great! I can resize the partitions inside OS X.
BUT, now I can't boot into my Windows 7 Boot Camp partition. I can select Windows on Boot Camp in the Startup Disk System Preference, but when I restart, I get the error
No bootable device -- insert boot disk and press any key
If I hold down Option at boot time, Windows is not shown as a boot option.
And, to add insult to injury, I cannot boot from my Windows 7 DVD! I get the dreaded
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Select CD-ROM Boot Type:
screen, which, based on searches, seems to imply my MBP is "too old" to support W7 x64. (But it obviously isn't.)
Can anyone help get my Windows booting again? Thanks for any assistance here.
MBP 2.4GHz, 6GB RAM, 320GB HD, Mac OS X (10.6.8)