Needed to reinstall windows with Raid 1 configuration.
Note: I overwrote the harddisk with zeros before doing anything.
Then I had to reinstall windows on one of the hard drives (with no Raid). The Dell Windows XP disk is slipstreamed with the Raid drivers, so once it is installed, Raid can be configured to Raid 1 and then Windows XP must be reinstalled again. I don’t have a floppy A drive or a windows approved external floppy drive, so this was the best option. Don’t need to use F6 at windows install with this method.
After doing this and loading up windows for the first time, my C drive is now labeled as drive “I” and an internal media drive reader is using drives C, D, E, F. Sure these drive letters can be changed to whatever via computer management -> disk management, but the hard drive letter I cannot be changed via this method or really any method that will leave the system is a good working condition.
So, I opened up the computer and disconnected the media drive reader from the motherboard and disconnected the 2nd cd drive as well (just in case) and reinstalled windows xp again with my raid 1 configuration.
Now, with only the hard drives connected and 1 cd drive, it worked. My hard drive is now drive C. I opened the case back up and plugged the other drives back in and it’s just as I want it with a C hard drive, D, E cd/dvd drives, F,G,H,I media drives, and J external hard drive.
