If you have a proper XP Distro disk and a valid licence key (rather than just the laptop recovery disks) it's easy, just boot from the disk and follow the instructions to delete the original partition, create a new partition, format it and then install the OS.Citroenmad wrote: Now I just need to figure out how I wipe the laptop and start installing fresh, not something I have done before
A set of recovery disks should do the same as most seem to delete the old partition(s), create a new one and format the disk as the first thing it does.
Remember Lexia only works on XP. (as far as I know...)