What does a question mark and i file mean on my macbook pro

what does a question mark and i file mean on my macbook pro when i turn it on?

To be more specific, the computer is not finding a valid system when it starts up. This may result from the hard drive's physical mechanism failing, or the system on the drive being corrupted in some way.
Repairing permissions is not likely to fix this issue. Instead I would suggest booting from the system install DVD, running Disk Utility, selecting your hard drive's partition and select *Repair Disk*.
Note: if the hard drive does not show up in Disk Utility at all, it is dead and will need to be replaced. Contact Apple (800-275-2273 in the USA) and have them set up warranty service, or carry the MacBook in to an Apple retail store to have it fixed. Be sure to [make an appointment|http://www.apple.com/retail] first you you may wait a long time to speak to a Mac Genius.
If Repair Disk finds any problems and is able to correct them, you may be able to restart and everything be okay. If it is unable to correct the problems, you will need to erase and restore your hard drive.
If Repair Disk does not find any problems, I would suggest an Archive and Install as described in [this article|http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1710].
Best of luck.

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The firmware software receives control when you poweron your machine. It does some hardware testing and some hardware configuration then passes control to your version of Mac OS. It reside on a PROM ( program read only memory ) chip on the logic board.
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Open Firmware, boot into Open Firmware.
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Copyright 1994-2001 Apple Computer Inc.
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Flashing question mark and file

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i created a file and put it in my dock to hold all of my go pro videos before conversion. the file has now turned to a question mark and won't open and i cannot find it in finder. i have tried plugging the go pro back in to see if it would work then but it won't. please help!!! this folder has all of my wedding videos in it!!!

I have followed the instructions you performed:-
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Dragged it to the right hand side of the Dock. In the area that has the Trash and Downloads area, it will not go into the Applications area i.e. Mail, Safari etc, I did not expect it would.
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