This is one of my main barriers to ordering HP. I can take my generic Dell XP disk and get rid of vista and end up with a nice clean install in about 45 minutes. I haven't ordered a lot of HPs, but I've never seen any similar OS install disks, and usually all you've got is a restore partition, which is useless to consumers once the hard drive crashes. It's also my experience that they come with a an extraordinary amount of crap, but for all I know it's the same amount as Dells come with, but I'd never know.

Is there an easy way to get a clean XP installation on a new HP?

Matthew