Hard drive is locked

Hi there ! My brother just press some key on my laptop, then i cannot tunr it on again. On the screen it appears the logo of apple and some character that tell me '' hard drive is not yet set up''. Thus, i think the hard drive is locked, how can i unlock it?

Hi..
Try booting while holding down the Option key. See if that will prompt the Startup Manager window where you can select the startup disk.

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