I would like to do a reformat of my Macbook Pro

I purchased a secound macbookk pro form a friend I would like to do a reformat or clean install (back to Factory settings( is this a big job or what do I do ?

easiest method is to connect the macbook pro you just bought to your current one using a firwire cable, and start the one you just purchased in Target Dis mode using this procedure:
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1661
Once started in TDM you can use your current notebook to reformat the drive and install Mac OS X.  Should take a few minutes of your effort and any where from 15 to 40 minutes to install Mac OS X.

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