HT1899 How do i boot to mac after boot camp

How do i boot back to mac after boot camp? I was in the middle of installing windows 7 when i received an error message saying the partition needs to be in a diff format ( NFTS ). I tried restarting my mac but now its saying "no bootable device - insert boot disk"

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You have to format the volume using NTFS in Windows installer. After you've installed Windows, press X key while your computer is starting to start in Mac OS X

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   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *1.0 TB     disk2
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk2s1
   2:       Microsoft Basic Data                         799.3 GB   disk2s2
   3:                  Apple_HFS Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk2s3
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****************    Update    *****************
From the Windows Partition using Disk Management I can see that the drive is still labeled Macintosh HD and that all of my data is there.
I have a complete backup so i'm not worried so much about the data.
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Have you blown the dust out lately?
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http://www.bresink.com/osx/TemperatureMonitor.html
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http://xlr8yourmac.com/archives/feb15/021915.html#MBPvideoRepairProgram
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