Line 786 of hivesys.inf is corrupted Setup cannot continue

[Korey Barrett]

I am trying to re-install Win2K OEM back onto an
AcerPower S Series Desktop Tower and keep getting the
error message "Line 786 of hivesys.inf is corrupted Setup
cannot continue"
The error message still appears after changing HDD and
reformatting with either FAT32 or NTFS.
Any ideas? Korey

 

[Ken Simmons [MSFT]]

Hi Korey,

Try booting with a Windows 98 boot disk and partition and format the hard
drive. Next, copy the i386 directory from the CD to a directory on the hard
drive. After you finish copying, launch winnt.exe from the i386 directory
on the hard drive. See how that works for you.

Regards,

Ken Simmons

Microsoft Technical Support for Platforms and Business Applications