Windows Won't Boot- Corrupted Windows File

Greetings,
I recently bought a new graphics card and hard drive. Yesterday I installed some new drivers for my graphics card, and they installed fine. I played a game for about an hour or so, and then saw Windows had an update available, so I shut down my computer. Upon start-up I got the option to launch "Windows Startup Recovery", or "Launch Windows Normally". I selected to launch the startup recovery, after the repair, it said "Windows cannot fix this problem" and made me click finish. It restarted my CPU and the same message came up asking about how I wanted to launch the computer, this time I selected to "Launch Windows Normally". This did nothing and proceeded to launch the "Windows Startup Recovery", this happens every time.

My first attempt to fix the problem was to launch it in safe mode and I was greeted with this message-

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Windows failed to start. A recent hardware or software change might be the cause. To fix the problem:
1. Insert your Windows installation disk and restart you computer.
2. Choose your language settings, and the click "Next."
3. Click "Repair your computer."

If you don't have this disc, contact your system administrator or computer manufacturer for assistance.

File: \windows\system32\config\system
Status: 0xc0000225
Info: Windows failed to load because of the system registry file is missing, or corrupt.

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I have been researching the internet for hours trying to find a fix. A lot of fixes include using systems restores and such, these fixes are irrelevant for my PC because there are no restore points set- Its a 1 day old hard drive.

I would really appreciate any help!
Thanks,

Thanks for taking the time to respond to my post. I will report back my results later on today when I get home for the evening.