Help - graphics card installation problem

[Davey182]

Hiya,

I've just installed an ATi Sapphire 2900 Pro and I cant get the damn thing to 'start up' It has a picture, and the system begins to start up but stops and says cannot start up because it is missing the following file:

WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM

It won't even allow, safe start up in any way. It just reboots and reboots... HEEEEELLLLLPPP! The OS is XP (Media Centre Edition)...

Thanks,

Dave

 

[Davey182]

Oh and I've tried system restore but no joy

 

[Davey182]

Corsair, 520, gonna put the old card in and see what happens... then I'll stick it in safe mode and install the new drivers BEFORE I put the card in... I don't want to CD restore and lose everything...

 

[Davey182]

It will not let me boot it into safe mode... no matter what I try... I have put the old card in. Same bloody problem though

 

[Davey182]

Thanks guys, managed to recover it using system restore (I have to manually sort out all the old data and program files though!)...

Basically the problem arises when there is an interuption to the power supply when Windows is accessing the registry...