How to get windows partition back on start up disk

I have used boot camp partition (windows) for months without any problem. I recently installed VM ware fusion. But unfortunately it did not work properly so I had to uninstall it.
Now I can no longer reboot from 'system preferences / start up disk' since the windows partition no longer appears beside OS X.
Can somebody help me?
Thanks
Phalch
NB I can still reboot windows when I restart the computer with alt key pressed.

You probably want to post your question in the Intel-based iMac discussion area instead of here in the discussion area for the much older iMac G4.

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