MacBookPro crashed while running VM Fusion and Vista now, won't boot in OX

Hello All...
I am not sure what to do about my MacBookPro 15.4 2.66GHz Intel Core 2 Duo that I bout in August 09. I was running Vista via VM Fusion in a separate window on my Mac desktop when the computer froze. I booted up and now I only have the option of trying to boot in Windows or try to repair via the Windows installation disc. I want to reboot back into my OSX which it normally does until now.
I tried holding the X key and only the windows partition icon came up...I am using BootCamp and the windows section partitioned per Boot Camp Assistant.
Should I just try to repair what is corrupt in the windows part of it? Why is it only booting in Windows?
I didn't boot up into Windows Vista, I used VMware Fusion to boot up separately so I wonder why is my computer trying to boot up in Windows only?
How do I force the OSX system to boot?
This is what the Windows Boot Manager is telling me:
File: \windows\system32\config\system
Status: 0xc000000f
Info: Windows failed to load because the system registry file is missing, or corrupt.
Please help...I want to Boot in OSX, not Windows...
thanks in advance...
Jank

Insert the Mac OS X install disk and boot up from it by pressing and holding down the C key. Choose your language and wait for the main menu to load. In the menu bar, go to Utilities --> Disk Utility. Click it and wait for it to open. In the side bar, you should see your hard disks and partitions labelled there. Do you see your "Macintosh HD" partition?

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