Please help...windows took over!

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I have a mac mini, I just used bottcamp to install windows xp so that I could play a game. So now everytime I boot it it goes to windows xp, even when I press and hold the *key. What am I doing wrong?
 
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what's the *key?
are you pressing the option key?
 
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when windows starts select start from mac os x from the bootcamp menu...or when booting up press and hold the alt key and select mac os x...
 
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that's alright ;) i would advise installed rEFIt
http://refit.sourceforge.net/
install it in os x, and when you turn your computer on it will ask you whether or not to boot windows or mac, without any keys pressed (if you leave it, it automatically boots to mac after 20 seconds)
to get this app to work though, mac has to be the default boot drive.
 
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Do you happen to have the fancy aluminum keyboard on your Mini ? if so there's documented issues with that board and Intel based Mini's it won't take the basic boot time option key presses (Option, C etc.) Apple is working on an update.....hopefully it'll be sorted out sooner rather than later.
 
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yup, that sounds like windows alright :p
 

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