I was given a 2009 Macbook Pro. How do I....

[stevefo]

My sister gave me her 2009 Macbook Pro. I was going to replace the hard drive and memory. How do I go about wiping it clean and reinstalling OS X EL Captain?

I don't want to save anything at all. Just want to start fresh.

 

[CoastalOR]

My sister gave me her 2009 Macbook Pro. I was going to replace the hard drive and memory. How do I go about wiping it clean and reinstalling OS X EL Captain?
I don't want to save anything at all. Just want to start fresh.

Here is instructions from Apple (it says Yosemite but it is the same steps for reinstalling EL Capitan):
https://support.apple.com/kb/PH18869?locale=en_US&viewlocale=en_US

 

[stevefo]

Here is instructions from Apple (it says Yosemite but it is the same steps for reinstalling EL Capitan):
https://support.apple.com/kb/PH18869?locale=en_US&viewlocale=en_US

Thank You CoastalOR