When I reboot my iMac I'll get hard disk selection instead of fast login and I am not using boot camp! Any help is greatly appriciated!

Have you selected which disk you want to boot from? In System Preferences, click startup disk and choose the drive you want as your default boot drive.

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I installed Windows 7 (Ultimate) on my iMac (27, late 2013, 32GB RAM) using Boot Camp and when I start using it, every couple of seconds I hear a noise that only happens with Windows. It's a very soft noise and it keeps repeating. I already searched online but can't find an explanation. I'm assuming this is not good and I not using Windows until figure how to solve it.
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