Start up with white page and a folder with ? plz help

i just bought a macbook pro and the first time it started good, but the second time it stuck on the white page and have a folder with the ? on it, can anyone help me....??

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A flashing question mark appears when you start your Mac

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1. The computer's PRAM no longer contains a valid startup disk setting when there aren't any problems with the disk itself. This can be checked for by pressing the Option key and seeing if the drive appears.
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my english is not good
i hope u can understand what i said about the situation
about 4 days ago,i opened a psd file in may mac,but my mac worked very hard at that moment.and the cursor turned like a coloful circle
then i shut down the power
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