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‎01-03-2022 11:31 AM

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Product: HP Compaq mini CQ10-400SD
Operating System: Microsoft Windows XP

I have an old HP Compaq mini CQ10-400SD laptop and I want to give this oldtimer a hard and complete  factory reset. How do I do that ?

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‎01-03-2022 02:02 PM

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@Nelleke2103 

Unless you have HP Recovery DVDs, then you don't -- because you need those to do this and HP has not carried those for a long time.



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‎01-03-2022 02:18 PM

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Bummer, I don't have those ... I want to try and sell this oldie and a factory reset seems the safest way to delete all of personal stuff on it. I'll try to do all that manualy then.

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