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iMac will not start up

I dropped my EMC 2210 iMac, directly afterward it made a sound like a cd was skipping and the computer froze like it was loading something. So I manually turned it off and when I tried to turn it back on it would not even go to the log in screen. It turns on, makes the stsrting sound and then stays on a blue screen for a minute. Then a folder with a question mark blinks in the middle of the blue screen. I twill not go past this screen, it also continues to make the sound like a skipping cd. Does anyone know what's wrong and how I could fix it?

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The folder with the question marks means it can't find a system folder. Try starting up using your installation disk. Insert the disk and restart holding down the "C" key. If it starts, go the second screen and the pull down menu will appear. Go to Utilities - Disk utility and see if your hard drive appears. If it does run disk repair on it. Let me know your results and we can go from there.

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Thanks for the advice Mayer. I did what you said, but once I got to disk utility my hard drive did not appear. Whatever the problem is I think it's pretty serious.

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Hopefully you have just got a loose connection. You will need to open it and check them. If no luck pull the hard drive and test it on another machine using an adapter or external enclosure.

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