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Taking laptop back help..
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What's wrong with the machine?
Factory restore then ccleaner with wipe freespace option ticked will stop recovery of your data if someone attempts to run getdataback or something similar in future.!!
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Went for the f11 option.....pressed f11 a few times on startup and it said....This program will restore your computer to it's out of box state............took about 30 mins but all seems fine.....thanks for the help0
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You could just download linux onto a usb key, boot into it on the fly and then just reformat the entire hdd. That would totally delete anything on the hddI'm not normally a religious man, but... if you're up there, save me, Superman!0
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