I'd ghost twice. Once now, when there's nothing on it. Once when you have your selected programs on it.
Might as well throw the XP service pack on. Office if you use it. Antivirus software. Latest version of whatever browser you use. Latest drivers of whatever you have (printer, sound, etc.) Anything after this is optional in my opinion.
Not sure what your machine is used for but...
WinZip?
RealPlayer?
QuickTime?
Latest Windows Media Player (or whatever player you use)
WinAmp?
KaZaa?
Pop-Up Killer (If not using Mozilla)?
Video/Audio Codecs?
Snood? (hehe, guilty pleasure)
Powertoys XP?
Folding@Home (with TFProject as your Team!)
Once again, not sure what you use your machine for soooo:
Visual Studio?
Photoshop?
Anyways, I don't know if any of that helps you.. I just tried to go through a mental list of what I do on a reformat. Good luck.
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