Installed Win7 in bootcamp, now I'm stuck in Windows.

So after I did my win 7 install I cant get back to OSX, so I ened up reinstalling Lion, was there a better way that I missed?

The OPTION key should have, and of course - a bit of research before beginning.
Most things are in Boot Camp Assistant Guide for before you even start (Assistant even recommends printing out the 28 page guide first) http://www.apple.com/support/bootcamp
THAT page should be or is a MUST for reading and checking (most products do have just such a support page as in www.apple.com/support/ + "name" )

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My 2 year old son watches movies on my macbook pro. He stuck something in the optical drive making it unusable. Repairing it is 200 to 300 euros (ouch).
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PS2:I've upgraded the hard disk drive of the macbook with a seagate momentus 500GB hard disk. Don't think this is the problem, thought I should mentioned it.

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Connect the two computers with a fire wire cable. System Preferences > Network > Configure IPv4: > Manually > IP address: 192.168.3.1 (and .2 on other) > Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0. Leave the other fields blank. Do this on both computers on the computer you want to allow access to or both for two way access go to System Preference > Sharing > Select a service to change its settings. Turn remote Login on.
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1. Details: MacMini late 2009, OS X Mavericks, unusable Apple SuperDrive, external Asus DVD on USB. Stick with drivers for WIN7, created by downloading them from Apple website as BootCamp refuses to create it. WIN7 DVD.
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a. I tried using BootCamp. First issues, BootCamp refuses to create the USB with support for WIN7. After hours of searching on forums, I did it myself by downloading an archive from Apple.
b. I tried then just to install WIN7. BootCamp cannot see the DVD. Of course I used external DVD since the SuperDrive is not reading any DVD/CD.
c. Looking on YouTube, I tried a different approach. I created a partition for WIN in DiskUtility, started Mac and pressing ALT. Unfortunatelly the external DVD was not seen, so I could not acces WIN setup files.
d. Found a crazy solution (too crazy to try it) in which I had to add some lines in some OS file: such as MacMini Model Indetifier and BOOT ROM version. It supposed to let my MacMini to install WIN7 from an external DVD. Here is the website for those that have courage to do it:
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4. Why I need WIN7. To run FrameMaker10 and CorelDraw X6. I need them in my work.
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Mac OS X will only boot PowerPCs with Firewire, not with USB. That's the reason it doesn't work.

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