After bootcamp, OSX Lion won't boot.

I tried to create a bootcamp partition on my 2009 8 core Mac Pro. I run the bootcamp utility, it partitions the desired drive (tried partitioning my SSD main drive, and also a spare 7200 rmp internal drive). It partitions, then shuts down. It boots to the windows loader, tells me my bootcamp drive isn't able to install windows. So I reformat the drive (inside the windows loader). Does its thing, and loads windows.
Windows starts, I can play around in it. I use the DVD that was created (has the Apple windows drivers). Once that installs, screen goes blank. I can tell its trying to do something. I have a Quadro 4000 Mac video card, and after cleaning the drive, I work my way to this step again, except I went to Nvidia's website, download and install drivers. Same thing happens. That's issue 1, inside of windows.
The main issue, my Mac Pro will no longer boot to Lion. I hold option, brings up the boot drive option. I choose my Mac OSX drive, then it does nothing. I end up having to erase the drive and reload OSX, and use time machine to put back to normal.
Windows works just fine with parralels, but my intention was to bootcamp, then direct parralels to use the bootcamp for virtual machine.
Every time I've gone to reload the osx, I've reformatted the windows drive, because once I tried installing drivers, I never could get a picture on my monitors. If I clicked the mouse buttons, the pointer would show on occasion, then disappear.
Anyone have any thoughts?
Thanks,
Jeff

Thanks for the fast reply. Ill try this again. Did this the first time, but wouldn't boot again. I've since done a,fresh install of Lion, and it created the proper recovery partition. I didn't have this before, because I cloned my old drive, when I upgraded to an SSD drive. Didn't know about the recover partition. Ill try again, and see if I can get it to work.
Just need to figure out the driver situation, with my Nvidia Quadro Mac video. Not worth trying again, if I have to use default generic video drivers.

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