How do I "scrub" an old computer with Widows XP?

[IamSam]

@UT - Thanks for the tip! I forget about e-bay since I seldom visit it. I'll check it out.

Originally Posted by Beest

does it have a backup partition?

Last few computers I have bought, dell and HP, even a laptop old enough to have XP, have had a partition on the drive with the reinstallation stuff on it, you just have to go somewhere in control panel, possibly 'recovery' and it will wipe and set up like new.

If you look in 'My Computer' there would be a D drive which may be labelled recovery, about 10 - 20 GB.

So, if it does have a backup, will the program walk me through doing it? Or do I copy the reinstallation program from the D drive onto a disc and then go ahead and reformat the C drive?