Selling my mac mini and need help

I know this question has been asked over and over but im selling my mac mini and have a couple of questions
How do i remove my changes and default to startup settings for new onwer i do not have a DVD/CD drive
My mac was purchased in May of this year .
also will it default to mountain loin 10.8 i installed in July ?

If your mac mini came with lion, the installer should be in launchpad. There are many tutorials online on how to how make a bootable usb or dvd from this file.
1. Backup your important files.
2. Boot into the usb or dvd.
3. There will be a screen where it asks you to choose a disk, and there should be an option to open disk utility (maybe in the top taskbar)
4. Format the hard drive.
5. Install Lion.
6. When the buyer turns the mac on, they will get a screen where they get to set up their new mac
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