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?
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  4. 01-08-2013, 08:11 AM #3
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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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