How do I get bootcamp back after installing windows 8?

Hi,
I have to admit, I messed up .. big time  :-(
I had a nice working setup with OS X and Windows 7 and bootcamp.
Then I got a disc with windows 8. I installed it, and forgot to use my head!!
It was NOT a windows 8 update dics, so it installed windows 8, disgarding my windows 7 installation.
On top of that I had to delete most of the windows.old folder to get room for new instalaltions of the tools I need in windows 8.
But then I found out that bootcamp was not installed because there was no speaker sound on netflix and eventhough it could recognise that I had inserted a head set ..there was no sound. I couldn't use the FN key no more, bluetooth was dead and I couldn't switch back to my OS X because there was no bootcamp application to help me change back and I can't see the OS X partiion in windows 8.
On top of that, I can't find my !"¤!#"!!" OS X installation discs. Been looking for 2 days now and I'm getting desperate.
Is there anyone out there who can help me getting my bootcamp back on my windows 8 making me able to switch back to OS X and to get drivers installed for all my nice macbook pro devices in Windows 8 ??

The option key is not the command key. Hold Option, Command won't do what you want.
Press it when you hear the chime (not before) release it when you see the Boot Manager.

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