On Fri, 1 Nov 2024 17:57:16 +0000, willie bunter <williebun...@yahoo.com> wrote:


>    Can anybody suggest how I can delete all the files, software etc. from an 
>old laptop before I scrap it?  The laptop in question is a DELL VISTA.  I 
>asked the experts at DELL but they couldn't tell me because of a lack of 
>documentation.

You didn't say whether it still runs, and what OS is installed.

Assuming Windows 7 or higher is installed, the Sysinternals "sdelete" program 
can probably do what you want. 

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/sdelete

-- 
Walt

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