Fresh install of xp PRO. How do I do this?

imperfectcircle25

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What do I have to do to do a fresh install?? Do I just format the hard drive and restart with the XP disk inserted?? Is it that simple or is there more to it?
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pscowboy

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Do not format! Put in your cd and boot up. When you reach the point where the install wants to work on your hd, kill the existing partition; recreate and format (NTFS is encouraged).