TS1440 If I don't have my startup discs can I not fix this myself?

My iMac starts up with a flashing question mark within a folder. I've seen many threads about this issue but my question is, if I don't have my startup discs can I not fix this myself?

Do you know if you had Firmware Password protection setup?
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1352
It would block usage of all the startup keys, like C, N, T, D, CMD+s, CMD+Option+p+r, CMD +v, Option, and Shift, as well as booting from anything but the Hard Drive.
Force Removing Password Protection
1) Add or remove DIMMs to change the total amount of RAM in the computer.
2) Then, the PRAM must be reset 3 times. (Command + Option + P + R).
http://www.securemac.com/openfirmwarepasswordprotection.php
Oh, is this a wired USB KB?

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Is my hard drive gonna die soon? Or will it be okay if I just format my 500gb hard drive completely and install the fresh copy of Lion OS X again? I don't have a recovery disc or what so ever provided by Apple anymore. I have a DMG installation file of Lion OS X and a USB flash drive(4 GB approx). How can I repair the disk partition without the recovery start up disc?
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No.
Whoever sold you the laptop should have removed the software first, or gone through the proper process to transfer the license to you. Chances are that they used it to obtain an upgrade, in which case it would not even to eligible to be transferred.

HT201240 I don't have a startup disc and forgot password

and I have forgotten my administrator password so I am unable to get in to my iMac at all. HELP. It gave me the option to reset my password using my apple ID once... I accidentally hit enter and it won't come back. Desperate for help and Apple support is wanting to charge me $20 for this. Ridiculous.

Okay, you posted this in the OSX 10.3 or earlier forum but your computer profile says you are using 10.7.5. Which is it? The method may be different. iMacs cover almost 20 years of models and can be running almost anything.
Apple pays the people on the help line, so you have to pay. I agree it is ridiculous -- we don't get paid.

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Forbidden --You don't have permission to access /pls/htmldb/htmldb on this

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Forbidden
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