How do I go about wiping my drive and starting over?

how do I go about wiping my drive and starting over?

1. Startup from your 10.5 install DVD and go to Utilities > Disk Utility.
2. Highlight the HDD in the list of drives and select the Partition tab.
3. Under Volume Scheme select 1 Partition and click on the Options... button.
4. Select GUID Partition Table in the drop down window and click OK.
5. Set the Format to Mac OS Extended (Journaled) and click the Apply button.
6. Once thats done Install OS X from the Install DVD and update..
To update the fresh OS X, use the > Mac OS X 10.5.8 Combo Update

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