Get back to Mac from Win 7
I'm not sure how I managed to do this but...
I deleted my VmareFusion partition with win7, and vmware fusion.
Then I upgraded to Lion.
Then...
I created a new partition using Bootcamp assistant and then re-installed Win7.
At some point, when I was away from the computer, it turned off.
I restarted it and went into system preferences and set it to boot to the new partition and then rebooted it,
and it completed the Win7 install.
But now I cannot get back to Mac. It only boots up to win7.
I am working away from home and do not have my snow leopard startup disk..
How can I get back to Mac, and properly set it up to ask me which partition to boot from upon startup?
Thanks.
Boot your Mac while holding down the Alt/Option-key until the Boot Selection screen is shown.
Choose your OSX to boot from.
Once in OSX go to System Preferences - Startup Volume and set your OSX to be the default.
Stefan
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