You set the BIOS to boot the CD first. Put the XP CD in the
drive and reboot. The CD will boot and you press enter to
begin the installation program. It will detect your
previous installation, select the option to delete the
partition, reformat and install.
see http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;316941
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