Hi I have accidently wiped recovery part of my hard drive and computer won't load  up with the disk either any ideas to create disk utility

Hi I've accidently  wiped iso x off my computer and recovery and my disk won't load either any idea how to get disk utility  on a disk

Care to share which OS you are using?  iOS is for mobile devices.
Were you trying to use a system disc?  The one that originally came w/the comp?
Which model iMac are you using? 
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