Installed Windows 7 ultimat and cant change back to Mac os

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Heey guys and girls.

I just Installed Windows 7 ultimate on my Mackbook pro..
But now i cant change it back to Mac os..
I've tryde to hold Down the option key when i restart, but notning happens..

When i get to the Windows boot screen by pressing F8 on startup i Can only chose the Windows 7 to boot from.

I have tryed to format the window 7 but i wont allown me to do so..

Someone pleas help!!! I need my MacBook Pro back ! :)
//Jobbie
 
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G'day and welcome to the forums.

By the sounds of things you have selected the wrong partition to format NTFS and wiped out the Mac OS X partition. It is very easy to do ~ necessary to follow the guidelines and select the correct partition.

Think your only option now is to format and do a clean install. Then try BootCamp again. Make sure you print the guidelines and download drivers and burn to CD>
 

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Option should still come up with a boot menu no matter what. Are you holding down OPTION right after the STARTUP sound and keeping it down? You don't just press and release it. A Boot menu should come up.

If you get the boot menu what shows? I am not talking about that Windows 7 menu thing. This is part of the Mac.
 

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Before starting over, try doing a PRAM reset to see if the OS X partition is still intact. If the PRAM reset doesn't work to get you back into OS X, then it might be as Harry stated that you possibly formatted the wrong partition.
 

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Before starting over, try doing a PRAM reset to see if the OS X partition is still intact. If the PRAM reset doesn't work to get you back into OS X, then it might be as Harry stated that you possibly formatted the wrong partition.

What gets me is he stated he held down Option and nothing happened like the boot menu did not pop up which is should no matter what partition he installed to.
 

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He also mentioned something about pressing F8 upon startup. That sounds like he's booting to Windows 7 safe mode. I'm not sure what's going on. Maybe a PRAM reset will help.
 
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Thx for the advise.. I'm going to try the things you Said and give you an update on what happens.. Thx for the help for now..
 
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Fixed it! :)

After the PRAM reset it Booted to the Mac OS..

Thx for the help everyone :)

Have a nice day ;)
 

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Thanks for posting back. Enjoy Windows and visit us often. :)
 

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