Hey I just found a old compaq 98 windows in my garage it runs fine and everything i just was wondering if anyone could tell me how to reformat the hard drive?

Hook it up to a computer, boot the computer from a (bootable) floppy disc (check that it has format.com in addition to the system files). Once booted, run the following:

format n:

where n is the drive reference (it will not be c, but it will probably be d:).
Reboot into windows.

I would fdisk it and build a new partition, go to Microsofts site for details

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