What lightweight Linux wipes a hard drive clean when it installs so that the PC can start fresh?

Hello! I was given an old Gateway 300 CEL and it is so terribly slow. The computer use to work great but those days are long gone. Gateway no longer has any Recovery programs available online for this model to give it a new start, so I want to install a lightweight Linux that will wipe the hard drive clean so that it can begin anew. Any suggestions?



Thanks!!What lightweight Linux wipes a hard drive clean when it installs so that the PC can start fresh?
I thoroughly recommend Linux Mint 9 LTS FLUXBOX which is lightweight whilst retaining many of the features of the standard edition its is easy to install and easy to use plus it comes with much of the software you are likely to need preinstalled



Linux Mint 9 LTS FLUXBOX Download

http://www.linuxmint.com/edition.php?id=鈥?/a>



Linux Mint 9 LTS FLUXBOX Release Notes/User Guide

http://linuxmint.com/rel_isadora_fluxbox鈥?/a>



You download the ISO. image of Linux Mint 9 LTS FLUXBOX then you need to create a Bootable LiveCD for installation

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Burnin鈥?/a>







LUg.What lightweight Linux wipes a hard drive clean when it installs so that the PC can start fresh?
There are several; Linux Mint Xfce, LXDE, Fluxbox, LMDE (Debian Edition), Zenwalk, Absolute Linux, Puppy Linux %26amp;c., http://distrowatch.com/What lightweight Linux wipes a hard drive clean when it installs so that the PC can start fresh?
I run XandrOS Linux on my old Pentium 3.



It's an older build, around 2003 I think, and will wipe/format the

drive and set it up to run Linux.



I's small, functional, and fast.
Lubuntu (with an "L") seems to work good on older comps.