Hi! when starting my computer the background went gray with two hard drives in the middle. One is named macintosh HD and the other recovery 10.9. I have my whole life on my computer, and i don't know which of them i should start up? Please i need help!

Hey!
when starting my computer the screen is gray with two harddrives. One is named Macintosh HD and the other Recovery 10.9. My computer has never done this before! I am really worrid that my files will be lost if i choose to start the wrong harddrive. Which one should i choose? HELP!!

You probably held down the Option or Command R keys when you heard the startup tone. Simply choose the HD. To learn what the Recovery partition is please read OS X: About OS X Recovery

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