Will not boot up get file icon on screen with ?

not my computer so cannot give more info as I cannot speak with my granddaughter any more  till tonight.
Just wondered if anyone has any ideas.
It was working OK yesterday. she said she has not downloaded anything 
It is a 15" MBP, with OS from September 2009
thanks

Saying that it can't find the last boot volume and that you need to use control panel to set startup disk or repair/restore and that your boot drive volume has a bad directory. Try booting from OS X DVD (use c on startup or option key) and go to Utility menu and then Disk Utility.

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