Can't boot from RAID

This is my setup
IDE 1 Master: Seagate 60 GB
IDE 1 Slave  : Plextor CD-Rom
IDE 2 Master: Seagate 80 GB
IDE 2 Slave  : Pioneer DVD-Rom
IDE 3 Master: WD 80 GB
IDE 4 Master: WD 80 GB
RAID 0 stripe
I have a MSI 645e Max2
I have managed to install windows xp on the raid drive, which is E:!! The Seagate 60 GB is C: and the Seagate 80 GB is D:. How can i make the raid drive the C: drive.
I can't choose the raid array in the bios to make it ex. number 2 in the boot order.
What have i done wrong? I need to choose the raid array in the bios - boot order, but i can't!
Please Help
Thanks in advance

wd stand alone master is jumperless,not normal master
use that only with a slave
on my highpoint card i have to make drive bootable in raid bios
best remove all other drives initially then once up with raid put them back

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