How to completely wipe out OS and reinstall.

I have a 22 month old iPad, now it runs slow and crashes all the time.  How do I wipe the drive and reinstall OS 5...

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1414
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    http://us.blackberry.com/support/downloads/download_sites.jsp
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