My computer won't start up I see a flashing '?' can someone help please?

My computer appears to have a hard drive problem as i see a flashing question mark when i turn it on, i have tried running it via the start up disk but it fails to install can anyone help?

Take a look at this link, http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2570

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The Three Best Alternatives for Security Questions and Rescue Mail
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Hello there, Gemss.
The following Knowledge Base article offers up some great recommendations for the issue you're describing:
iTunes repeatedly prompts to authorize computer to play iTunes Store purchases
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1389
Although all of the scenarios may be applicable, many folks find that the following section helps resolve their issue most often:
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If you've authorized the Apple ID that is shown in the Summary tab, you can check the purchase history for that Apple ID from Store > View My Account. If your purchase history does not reflect the purchase of the items in your iTunes library, consider any other Apple ID you may have created, and authorize the computer for your additional Apple ID.
If you forgot the password to one of your accounts, you can recover it using Apple's password-recovery website.
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Dude you have a jailbroken phone as stated in your first post, no need to do a second post.
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that's the downfall of jailbreaking your phone.

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Solved!
Go to Solution.

Hi and Welcome to the Community!
I suggest that you clear the AppWorld application cache:
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2. Go to My World
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3b. For Touch Screen Only BBs -- Hold the num-lock (!?123) button so it locks and then press, in sequence 3, then 4, then (
3c. For newer (e,g., OS6 and 7) BB's, see this KB:
KB24714 How to clear the BlackBerry App World cache
4. AppWorld should close.
5. If your BB locks after issuing the cache clear, perform a battery pull reboot
6. Return to AppWorld/MyWorld (it may be sluggish while it re-synchronizes).
If step (4) does not happen as listed, then the clear cache did not work.
Hopefully it'll work for you! Good luck and let us know!
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Hi there Carli-Marie,
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http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1591
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