ML Hosed Up My Mini - Can I Do Fresh Install?

I have posted a couple questions, but still no success at getting the upgrade to go through.
When I installed (now, at least ten times) the install goes ok with no problems. The Mini restarts, goes into panic and then restart...repeat, repeat etc.
I upgraded from 10.7.4 and have had the Mini as a work system since early 2009 (ML Supported) and NEVER had a single problem. During the panic I see a flash of a black scree that mentions something about cpu 2.
I have looked around and found all my files, so nothing will be lost if I do a format and fresh install, but can I?
Is it possible to format disk and do fresh install of ML on my Mini? If so, what are the steps?
Thank you.

You can create a bootable installer of ML. You need the installer package you downloaded from the Mac App Store.
Open the package, and look for a disk image file named InstallESD.dmg and mount it. Then drag the mounted image to  disk utility and restore it to a USB stick (you will lose everything on that stick).
The stick must have only one partition for this to work. After restoring is finished, boot from the stick and you will be able to erase your main disk and perform a clean install (you will lose everything on your main disk if you choose to erase it).

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