I need to wipe my computer can i reboot from the app store

Hi,
I need to wipe my computer iMac 3.06 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo and start fresh. How do I reboot? Can I reboot from the App Store (Mavericks)?
Any help would be appreciated
Chhers
Bill

You would reboot from the recovery partition. Hold cmd-R as you reboot (hold the keys down when the screen goes black and keep them held until you see the Apple logo). From there, run Disk Utility to wipe the drive, and follow the "Install OS X" prompts to reinstall the system.
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