Clean install on system partition without deleting other partition

I have a 120GB disk with three partitions:
- c: (system) 17 GB for XP pro; NTFS
- d: (office) 5 GB for office documents; FAT32
- e: (misc) 92 GB for music, games; NTFS

I want to do a clean install on the system partition c: and have used the
boot CD. When I load the Sata RAID controller and the setup programme asks me
where to install it gives me only the option of installing on c: partition,
sized 114GB. I cannot see any other partitions.

I don't want to loose any data on d: and e: partitions. What should I do to
make the setup recognize all the partitions and to safely do a clean install
on the c: partition (without changing the size or properties of the
partitions)?

Thanks


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