Originally Posted by Supershanks 
Glad it worked out ok EtheAv8r
I've not had to start with an ide based xp install, so good to see that it can work.
I'm not sure what step 5) did, & why you couldn't boot to xp install. But no matter it worked
Thanks for the feedback
Well I may have spoken too soon.... Tonight system would not boot - Could not find system disk.... went into BIOS and set back to IDE from RAID.... still boot system disk. Moved the HD with the Windows OS up to the top of the boot list, and this time it has booted up....
Will continue to investigate.....
Try to make each and every day the best it can be.