How do i get rid of a white screen and flashing with a file symbol

when i went to tunr on my macbook air my screen went white and then a flashing flie symbol came on can someone help me?

It means it cannot find the boot volume, or the operating system is corrupt. First try to flash the PRAM, http://support.apple.com/kb/PH11243. Then boot to recovery HD, http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4718, by holding command and R as you boot the computer. You can attempt to repair the disk using Disk Utility, http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1782. If you cannot boot to recovery HD, then use Internet recovery, which is in the same article. If you don't see the drive in Disk Utility, the drive likely has a hardware problem and will need to be serviced.

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