Boot into Mac from Windows after failed Bootcamp Don't hate on me too much for this one...

I put Win8 on my Mac Mini using Bootcamp, and all was well.  I switched back and forth a couple times between the two with no problems.  The problem started when I was trying to update drivers for my touchscreen monitor on the Win8 side.  I think somehow the Bootcamp drivers 'went away'....now I can't get back into Mac.

Is there a way to "manually" boot into a partition? I have tried using the "hold down the option key," but that's what I believe got messed up by the driver stuff.

Thank you in advance for any help.

Environment


Mac Mini running 10.7
No Optical Drive
Windows Style Wireless Keyboard/Mouse
The "correct answer" to this turn out to be not so deep.  The wireless keyboard was not waking up fast enough on startup to get the key press to initiate any of the startup key combos.

Hitting a couple keys before hitting the power button on the mac mini allowed the keyboard to wake up first.  All key combos work.

I believe the fact that the Bootcamp control panel does not show up on the Windows side, is because it is Windows 8 and Bootcamp and it's Windows support drivers are meant for Windows 7.

Also plugging the wireless keyboard into the mac also sped things up