Impossible to reinstall format drive "C" for XP

Told me to reinstall Windows XP on my pc to solve a problem of 'hijackware', but I can't get past formatting the C drive I get a message telling me "unable to format drive C as another is privatisation it" - or words to that effect - so, how can I get around this.

My BIOS is set to 1) cd read

(2) - hard drive

(3) diskette

... then why can I do?

Also, when I boot from the cd, it ends by takes me to the Windows XP Welcome screen and gives me 4 options i.e. install Windows XP - but when I click it I get a message saying "unable to install WXP this version of XP is older than your current installation" - what do I do now?

I printed out the HOW TO do a clean install of WinXP and also steps to Clean install XP but cannot use them because I can't format the C drive, and when I boot from WINXP CD it askes me what I done said then I can't do it because it's an older version I am trying to load!

I might have misunderstood the problem. Assuming you follow these instructions:

(for SP2 or SP3)
(or for older children)
you're able to follow the guests, specifically:
"Press any key to boot from the CD-ROM...".
Press 'ENTER' to begin the installation.
When you see the license agreement, what happens when you press the F8 key?
Some keyboards/PCs, you will need to press the following combination:
Fn (or key LOCK) key + key F8
It works (assuming that your keyboard has a Fn or a LOCK button F)?
If 'all' key and the key of the entry but book the F8 key does not work, I think you should try a different keyboard.

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