Will not let me delete partition for new install

[Guest]

I'm trying to reinstall XP.
I think I made the mistake by selecting the install icon
when I loaded the windows cd in the comouter when I was
in windows instaed of closing down and restarting with
the windows cd in it.

I'm trying to delete the partition and then create a new
one install XP again.
For some reason it will not let me delete the partition
and it comes up with this message-

SETUP IS UNABLE TO PERFORM THE REQUESTED OPERATION ON THE
SELECTED PARTITION. THIS PARTITION CONTAINS TEMPORARY
SETUP FILES THAT ARE REQUIRED TO COMPLETE THE INSTALLATION.

Is there anyway of getting around it - Ive tried
everything.
On Win 98 the startup floppy used to let you format and
delete partitons.
I also cannot get back into XP at the moment.

Any help would be very grateful

Warren

 

[Rich Barry]

You could try setting the floppy drive as first boot device in the Bios
and then use a Win98 bootdisk with
Fdisk on it. You can get one at www.bootdisk.com