"Reformat" Computer?

[zhensley]

The guy who sold the computer to me didn't wipe any of his data from the computer. I have all of the original discs and such. What is the best way to "wipe" the computer and start like it came right out of the box?

Thanks

 

[mknawabi]

Boot up the OS CD and follow the instructions.

 

[RITZFit]

If you want extra piece of mind, after you boot off the cd, click disk utility on the top menu bar and do a zero out data pass...writes the whole drive w/ zeros. one pass should be good enough