Problem in accesseng my imac

Hi all there ,
by mistake my amall brother remove the cable and the imac suthdown
and now i cant access any of the users
any solution plllz ="( ?

After a hard shutdown due to power interuption it's possible that either the file system has been corrupted or there could be physical damage to the HD platters if the cord being pulled moved the Mac while it was writing to disc.
You'll need to start up from the install disc and use Disk Utility to repair the drive. That may sort the problem if it's just files.
Physical damage may need a new HD.

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