How do I revert to just the basic windows programs on my 380

[braxx]

Hello all, I may have the wrong forum but it's worth a shot. I think I will be selling my trusty old 380xd. I need to wipe all of my personal info off of it before I sell it. Is there a way, without a full format and reinstall of win98, to do this?
I'd like to just basically reset it back to the most basic OS.
Thanks,
Josh

[whizkid]

The easiest way is to erase the drive and start over. Without knowing exactly where any little thing might be stored, it's far easier and faster to reformat and reinstall than to look everywhere for anything that you don't want to potentially share with the world.

[pianowizard]

I think the best way is to boot from a startup floppy disc (which can be DOS, Win 95, Win 98, etc.), use FDISK to delete all existing partitions on the hard drive, re-create a single partition again using FDISK, and format it unconditionally, i.e. FORMAT C: /U . Before deleting the partitions, make sure your floppy disc has the FORMAT command.