My hard drive died and I replaced it. I re-installed Windows XP from
my emachine resotre disk and XP freezes about 5 minutes after loading.
I also get an error message when I try to log in saying something to
the effect of, could not load profile due to registry file not in
registry format.

The hard drive was auto set to slave.
I thought it may be memory but put in an additional 512 stick which did
not help.

Please help!
Thanks!!!

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My hard drive died and I replaced it. I re-installed Windows XP from
my emachine resotre disk and XP freezes about 5 minutes after loading.
I also get an error message when I try to log in saying something to
the effect of, could not load profile due to registry file not in
registry format.

The hard drive was auto set to slave.
I thought it may be memory but put in an additional 512 stick which did
not help.

Please help!
Thanks!!!



Try restoring the stuff from the disc again. If it says something about
deleting (replacing) all information or formatting might was well let it
do it... Unless you have somehow put important information on it. (The
OS does not count.)

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My hard drive died and I replaced it. I re-installed Windows XP from
my emachine resotre disk and XP freezes about 5 minutes after loading.
I also get an error message when I try to log in saying something to
the effect of, could not load profile due to registry file not in
registry format.

The hard drive was auto set to slave.
I thought it may be memory but put in an additional 512 stick which did
not help.

Please help!
Thanks!!!


If there's only one hard drive, it should be the master, not the slave. If
necessary, go into your CMOS configuration menu and make sure that the drive is
set as the master. It might be set to slave by a shorting jumper on the drive.
Check the user's manual for the specific configuration options.

Then, let the CMOS configuration program auto recognize the new drive. It
should make all the necessary settings in CMOS.

Partition and format the drive, and you should be off to the races.

Cheers!!!!
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address)

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