Vista - deleting hidden files

10-15-2007

bought my pc back in march and a couple of months later I added vista basic
from a disc given free . I've now sold the pc as I have a mac powerbook but
there seems to be still around 40gb of files on the hard drive .I've searched
everywhere but cannot find them to delete them , please someone help me as
I've got to hand the pc over tomorrow eveing

**Brink** · 10-16-2007

Quote: Originally Posted by john sterne

bought my pc back in march and a couple of months later I added vista basic
from a disc given free . I've now sold the pc as I have a mac powerbook but
there seems to be still around 40gb of files on the hard drive .I've searched
everywhere but cannot find them to delete them , please someone help me as
I've got to hand the pc over tomorrow eveing

Hi John,

Since you sold the computer to someone else, you might be better off formatting the hard drive and do a clean install to make sure all your personal information is off of it. If this is a upgrade version of Vista, then this tutorial will show you how to do a clean install with it.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/68...l-upgrade.html

Hope this helps,
Shawn

10-15-2007	#1 (permalink)
john sterne n/a posts	deleting hidden files bought my pc back in march and a couple of months later I added vista basic from a disc given free . I've now sold the pc as I have a mac powerbook but there seems to be still around 40gb of files on the hard drive .I've searched everywhere but cannot find them to delete them , please someone help me as I've got to hand the pc over tomorrow eveing
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10-16-2007	#2 (permalink)
Brink Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64 26,052 posts	Re: deleting hidden files Quote: Originally Posted by john sterne bought my pc back in march and a couple of months later I added vista basic from a disc given free . I've now sold the pc as I have a mac powerbook but there seems to be still around 40gb of files on the hard drive .I've searched everywhere but cannot find them to delete them , please someone help me as I've got to hand the pc over tomorrow eveing Hi John, Since you sold the computer to someone else, you might be better off formatting the hard drive and do a clean install to make sure all your personal information is off of it. If this is a upgrade version of Vista, then this tutorial will show you how to do a clean install with it. http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/68...l-upgrade.html Hope this helps, Shawn
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