Macbook with folder and question mark

[moose66]

I bought a used macbook at a local shop last tuesday,
it doesnt have the os disc just the computer itself and the charger
it had leopard 1.5.6 and i bought and upgraded to snow leopard 1.6.3 just yesterday

i do have a warranty for 90 days but i was just wonderin if i could fix it myself
just now it turned on and a folder with a ? came up idk if the hd might be dead or its just corrupt any help? or wat i can do?i know the os disc would be a big help but i dont have them?

 

[Nermal]

You should be able to boot from the disk that you bought yesterday. From there, you can open Disk Utility and see whether it's recognising the drive.

 

[moose66]

thanx for the help
ok so i put the snow leopard dvd (10.6.3) in and that's it?

 

[flopticalcube]

Boot from the DVD drive (hold c down while you boot) and in the menu bar choose Disk Utility from the Utilities menu. Select your HD from the list on the left and verify and repair it.

 

[moose66]

ok so boot it with the dvd inside and it takes me to a language page and after it says install mac os x?do i install it?

 

[flopticalcube]

Look up at the top of the screen and you should see the menu bar.

 

[moose66]

yeah i chose utility>disk utility but i dont see the mac hard drive?

 

[flopticalcube]

Then your drive is probably dead. You need to return the MacBook and have them install a new drive for you or get your money back.

 

[moose66]

yeah i think so too, well thanx for the help
i appreciate it!!

 

[miicah]

Yeah HD is dead, sorry buddy