Use fdisk and delete the partition, then recreate it and format.

"gkw44" wrote:

> I have an old computer that runs Windows 98. I want to give it away, but was
> told
> that "formatting" will not clean all files and I should do a "low-level
> format".
>
> What is the best course of action, to clean this hard drive so I can
> reinstall Windows 98 and give computer away without any of my personal info
> still being available.
>
> Thanks for help