Installation error?

[Melody]

After installing all files from the CD, the machine
reboots and I get this error:

\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM is missing or corrupted

And the suggestion after that is to repair the problem
with the repair console. Any ideas?

 

[Chris Lanier]

How to Recover from a Corrupted Registry That Prevents Windows XP from
Starting
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=307545

 

[Melody]

Freshly FDISK'd and Forammted Hard Drive, no registry =/

 

[Chris Lanier]

You still must follow that link to fix it.

Freshly FDISK'd and Forammted Hard Drive, no registry =/

 

[Melody]

I tried this, unfortunately since it is a new install,
there are no files in the c:\windows\repair directory to
copy over. Any other ideas? =(

 

[Chris Lanier]

unfortunately this is the only method i know of to fix the problem. wait
for another person to reply with their offerings.

 

[anthony]

are you using more than 1 OS?try this link,
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-
us;315233. it's also applicable if you're only using xp.
it will try to restore ntldr and other boot files. good
luck.