How can I format my laptop

I have some issues with my OSX Lion right now that I can't fix. There are numeral so I don't want to fix them I just want to format my OS. I do not have a CD and I do not want to recover.
I want to format my whole laptop so my partitions disappear, all of my files and programs are deleted. I want to start from scratch. How can I do this without a CD?
Help appreciated, no recovery type answers please.

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