iMac screen is white with flashing ?

My screen has a flashing question sign? in a grey folder. It will not respond to any prompts. Can it be fixed and have I lost all my pictures saved to the hard drive?

iMac 21.5″, OS X 10.11

Posted on Dec 23, 2020 8:59 AM

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den.thed

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Dec 23, 2020 9:33 AM in response to Pabloveri

Have a look at > https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204156

Do you have a backup to fall back on?

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