How can I delete everything off of my MacBook Pro 2009?

How can I delete everything off of my MacBook Pro 2009? I am selling it. If I reset to factory settings I will lose all the updates and I don't have those disks anymore! need to do ASAP! Please help!
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Take a look at this:
http://www.thesafemac.com/how-to-prepare-your-mac-for-sale/
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