When I turn on my IMAC the screen is white and a question mark in a window keeps blinking

There is question mark in a folder that is blinking. When I try to boot up in a gray screen. What do I do?

What version of OS X are you running?
If it is Lion or later you do not have a OS X DVD in that case you will need to boot from the recovery partition.
Hold the command and R keys down while starting your machine. See OS X: About OS X Recovery
Post back if you have more questions.
good luck
regards

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