How to format the drive hard if you are not an administrator

I have a laptop hp windows xp opportunity and I would like to format it but I can't because I'm not the administrator. How do I format it without admin access?

You probably mean you want to re - install Windows.  How you do it depends of what laptop you have and whether you have any recovery/reinstallation CDs, but in any case, you do NOT start with "formatting" of the computer.

For a general overview of reinstalling Windows on HP computers, see http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c00006110&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&product=18703

If you want more help, to identify the model of HP laptop you have and describe any media (CD or DVD) that you got with it.

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