Can't boot! hal.dll conundrum - please help me!

Can't boot my PC. Message says hal.dll is corrupt or missing. Searched
net for solutions and have tried the following...
1. Re-built boot.ini using bootcfg / repair. Same problem.
2. Tried re-install, repair option, of Win XP. When PC re-booted I got
the same error message!!
3. Installed new copy of XP on 2nd hard drive. PC boots, I can see my
disk 1 and all looks well.
4. Re-copied hal.dll and ntoskernl from good version of XP onto bad
one. Same problem.
5. Full scan using norton and ad-aware revealed nothing.

Microsoft web site has no further ideas. Can anyone help? The last
thing I did before I had the problem was a defrag using the XP defrag.

Thanks in advance for any help!

Willem

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