Windows XP clean install
This is the preferred method to reinstall the operating system
NOTICE:
The procedures below require a repartitioning and reformatting of the hard drive. This will permanently erase all data on the drive. Please back up any data you wish to preserve before performing these procedures. During the procedure it will ask you for the product key. Have it handy to enter when it requests it. Some installs vary to a certain degree but all of them follow the following steps enough to be able to use this layout for all of them.
Due to the long process, the instructions are broken down to segments to make it easier to follow. Follow the following steps in order
If you run into problems during the install,