Dear JordanI do not have any experience with RAID but I do know that it is usually set up in the bios so you should be ok there. I can send you a Windows 98 boot disc image (3.5 inch) if you need one. I have never tried to write one back to a real floppy disc but I suppose it must be possible.
On 08/02/2020 01:37, J R FOX wrote: Paul, There is an additional wrinkle that I forgot to mention: The old XP computer was set up (not by me) for mirrored RAID, to a 2nd. HDD for backup. However, I believe that this setup is accomplished somewhere in BIOS settings, and may not compromise anything on the boot drive proper. (?) At least, that is what I'm hoping, as it would be more easily bypassed. Jordan On Friday, February 7, 2020, 5:47:40 AM PST, Paul Breeze <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: PS. There is an old trick, that your probably already know, for when Windows XP will not boot after copying to a new drive or restoring. Boot from a Windows 98 boot disk and then command FDISK /MBR. This overwrites the master boot record, forcing XP to recreate it. In case you should be interested I also have a copy of AVIRA's NTFSDOS which allows you access to a hard drive formatted with NTFS from DOS.