It wont turn on - it says nothing to boot

I bought my Macbook Air in July 2013. It worked perfectly yesterday and when I turned it on today, it said low battery so I connected my charger, and restarted my laptop. When I turned it on, the Apple sound appeared but the screen was all white without the Apple logo. It stayed like that for a minute, and in the center a picture of a folder with a ? in the middle appeared. Does it mean that there is nothing to boot? Why is this happening? My laptop doesnt turn on.

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Correct, or your MacBook has forgotten which the startup drive is. To check this, hold the Option (Alt) key while your Mac is starting up and you should see different options on the screen. If you see "Macintosh HD", choose it. Then, open System Preferences > Startup Disk, and select Macintosh HD, so your MacBook will start up correctly.
If you don't see the OS X volume, there's a problem, Hold Command, Option (Alt) and R keys while your Mac is starting up, open Disk Utility and see if the flash storage is detected in the Disk Utility's sidebar. If not, take the MacBook to an Apple Store or reseller and it will be repaired for free. If it's detected, reinstall Mac OS X

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