iMac not booting straight away from hard drive

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  1. 01-07-2013 04:06 PM #1
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    iMac not booting straight away from hard drive

    My iMac says non bootable disk when I turn it on. I can force it to boot from the HD but have to hold the alt button down to start. How can I get it to boot straight from the HD every time
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    What version of OSX are you running? How old is your iMac?
    'Orac' - MacBook Pro 13" Mid 2012 - Yosemite (10.10.2)
    'Marvin' - Hackintosh - Mavericks (10.9.5)
    'Holly' - Hackintosh - Mavericks Server (10.9.5)

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    Cheers Jezzer but I'm sorted I found it in System preferences start up disk. Its a new iMac and OSX 10.8.2
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