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<blockquote data-quote="cmlondon" data-source="post: 2174224" data-attributes="member: 768438">I have a Packard Bell laptop running Windows Vista.&nbsp; I have a Mac now so I don&#039;t use it, so I was going to give it to one of my friends.&nbsp; I never got a restore CD with it when I purchased it, so I deleted all of my old files (music in iTunes, movies, documents, emails and calendar appointments in Outlook etc).&nbsp; However, I used the &quot;search&quot; function and searched for &quot;.&quot; to bring up all the files on the computer, and they are all still on the computer … how can I delete these for good?&nbsp; When I try to delete them, it says that as they are no longer on the computer and cannot be located, I cannot delete them.&nbsp; How can I delete them or, even better, how can I restore my laptop to factory settings?&nbsp; I tried hitting F10 and F11 on startup as I read this on other answers and it didn&#039;t work.&nbsp; I have no earlier restore points as I deleted them.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="cmlondon, post: 2174224, member: 768438"] I have a Packard Bell laptop running Windows Vista. I have a Mac now so I don't use it, so I was going to give it to one of my friends. I never got a restore CD with it when I purchased it, so I deleted all of my old files (music in iTunes, movies, documents, emails and calendar appointments in Outlook etc). However, I used the "search" function and searched for "." to bring up all the files on the computer, and they are all still on the computer … how can I delete these for good? When I try to delete them, it says that as they are no longer on the computer and cannot be located, I cannot delete them. How can I delete them or, even better, how can I restore my laptop to factory settings? I tried hitting F10 and F11 on startup as I read this on other answers and it didn't work. I have no earlier restore points as I deleted them. [/QUOTE]

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