Flashing file icon -HELP!

This morning my IMAC 24 Mid 2007 model was having a number of kernel attacks, I tunred it off and now all I get is either a grey screen, blue screen or a flashing file icon against a white background - what should I do to fix this?

Spring06 wrote:
By kernel attacks i mean the spinning ball _ I always thought that was software.
that's not a kernel panic then. I didn't know what you were talking about because there is no such thing as a kernel attack.
You should still do what I told you because your hard drive is not being recognized.

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