Clean Install Troubles; Error code: 0x0000185

I have a Lenovo, newer. It was running 10. The HD crashed. No biggie because I have drives laying around.

I wiped an existing 500G drive clean and installed it. I created an installer USB from another Windows 10 machine I have. I ran the installer on the new machine and everything appears to go well up until it's time to restart. When the machine restarts, I get this message:

Your PC/Device needs to be repaired.
The operating system couldn't be loaded because the system registry file is missing or contains errors.
File: \\Windows\system32\config\system
Error code: 0xc0000185

So, I go through all the steps. 1) I reformatted and attempted the installation again: same result 2) I re-created the install media and tried again: same result 3) I recreated the install media on a different USB: same result 4) I attempted with a different, newly formatted HD: same result.

I've tried multiple permutations of USB drives, HDs, work order, removing the UBS, leaving it in... I tried about ten times, and get the same result every time. If I remove the USB stick before re-boot, I still get this result. The installer runs, and upon re-boot, I get this message. If I restart the computer, this message consistently comes up. Running the repair does not work.

I think there were two occasions of getting this error when a restart gave me a slightly different error: a BCD error.

I need to get W10 installed on this machine pretty soon. Any thoughts on how to proceed would be appreciated.

During the install, are you deleting all partitions so there is only a raw, unformatted disk left? If not, do that. Once you get that, then click Next. The installer will create the partitions it needs then proceed with the install.

Is it a Laptop or Desktop?
If Desktop, disconnect everything except the mouse, keyboard, display and the single drive you are installing to. Also disconnect the network cable. WHen asked for a key, click Skip, you can enter it later.