Recovering RAID1 after non RAID boot

The system was setup to use 2 sata disks in raid-1 (mirror) configuration
with Windows XP (SP1).
Because of some other issues I did a bios update and forgot to activate raid in bios....
Windows XP booted up ok, propably doing some automatic driver update.
I wasn't allerted at that time, because I have previously seen
XP reconfigure itself  after minor bios changes.
It was only latter when I noticed the new disk on explorer, and started to worry.
Turning RAID on in BIOS causes the Windows XP bootup to fail, because
of "missing system file" in windows directory. Trying without RAID
system boots ok.
Is there any way of recovering RAID operation without reinstalling everything?

It's strange that it wouldn't boot off the raid anymore simply because you unknowingly allowed it to boot with the Raid disabled after the Bios update. It Really shouldn't do that.
The only thing I can suggest is trying to restore the driver. Can you boot to safe mode with the Raid enabled? Then run WinXP system restore to before you updated Bios. Failing that try running system restore with the Raid disabled as it will boot that way and when it does the re-boot, go into Bios and re-enable the Raid then allow the reboot to continue.
Finally, you could do a repair installation of XP. Load the XP CD and hit F6 to load the Intel Raid driver again. Then let it find the XP partition and follow the prompts to do a repair install. This keeps all your settings and programs but any updates to XP(ie: SP2 etc...) will be gone. Again you should backup all crucial data before doing any of this.
Personally, if system restore doesn't work I would just burn a Slipstreamed Copy of XP with SP2 built-in from your original disk and do a fresh install.
Not what you wanted to hear I know....anybody got any other ideas?

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