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Dual boot problems after reinstalling Windows

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Motherboard
Gigabyte GA-Z77N-WIFI
CPU
i5-3750K
Graphics
GTX 960
Mac
  1. MacBook Pro
The problem: Windows disk now boots before Mac disk.
What changed: Formatted Windows disk and reinstalled Win 7.
Attempts to correct: Checked BIOS disk boot order.

Last week I reformatted my Windows disk and reinstalled Windows 7 (forgotten password).

After reinstalling I can only start up directly to Windows. Edited: no dual boot choice screen (chimera?). Unplugging windows disk, it starts up from my Mac disk and I get normal boot screens.

Edited: I checked the BIOS. Boot order: CD/DVD boot UEFI Mac, Mac, Windows UEFI, Windows Boot Manager.

Any ideas how to fix this?

Edit:
I switched the boot disk order again, made CD/DVD 1st in order, removed the non-UEFI windows boot option, and put windows boot manager last. Seems to have fixed my problem.

(system in sig below)
 
Still problems but I think this has to do with the boot order and maybe choosing between UEFI and legacy drive options.

Now it seems to boot 1st from USB and then I can choose mac or windows start up disks.

Anyone care to share the boot order of their dual boot Hackintosh? Is Windows Manager something that should or should not be in the boot order?
 
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