installing xp home

i am working on a HP and the best thing to do is format and reinstall windows XP home. i am going to use the key on the case for the install but i was wondering if the xp home disk was bootable? if not how can i install xp home in dos?

or is it better to just restore back to when it was first bought using the hp reovery and if i do that how what can i use to remove all the unneeded BS?

 

Dont use HP Recovery, it gives you too much ****, cant you just simply boot the CD at startup and format?

 

If you have a Windows XP Home disk it will be bootable. You may have to enable booting from the CD in your BIOS.

 

too late guys i done went over the hdd in it MB by MB and removed everything virus/spyware releated even the spyware coolwwwsearch.smartkiller V1 & 2. (you know the one that will close out any program that you use to try and remove it and even close out a web browser that vists a anti-spyware site) lol and well i got done with it and made $150 easy

i will keep this tho for next time i face a trubled pc