Starting Up with Flashing Folder with Question Mark

Sounds like your hard drive might have died

 

Starting Up with Flashing Folder with Question Mark

First make sure you have a current backup of your user files.

Before buying a new HDD. Reinstall your operating system.

The flashing folder with a question mark, in my opinion, is probably telling you that there is a corrupt file in your system. Files can become corrupted in in a number of ways, like while downloading.

You can't find or fix corrupt files. At least I know of no method.

So I'd recommend you reinstall your OS X system, and see if that corrects the problem.

 

Flashing Question Mark Folder

I am having the same issue. After a ton of searching google and forums it appears that I am going to have to break down and talk to someone at apple. I believe that this may truly be a Hard Drive failure as 1. When trying to reinstall or even just repairing the disk, it does not recognize the hard drive whatsoever and 2. I recently read (in this forum) about an issue with the Macbook and Macbook Pro Hard drives having a problem and Apple acknowledging this.

I guess we will see what Apple says. Any other folks that has had and resolved this issue in the past?

Thanks
Russ

 

make sure you have the right start up drive selected. i had that problem and that was my issue

 

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=394560

Check this thread. Had a similar issue with an iMac. Good luck!