system32\hall.dll

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314477

Try going through this article for resolutions to your issue. Your hard drive could be bad as well.

is to try the second Repair option.
Verify that your boot order has the CD before the hard drive and watch for the "press any key to boot from cd.
The first R option will take you to the Recovery Console (which will help with the above post's suggestion). To get to the second ; choose enter, then the next R.

Which lists the hardware of this particular computer.

If the above suggestions do not work you can try a In Place Upgrade Install by following the directions here on M$ Knowledge Base

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315341

Col

How to Troubleshoot Windows 2000 Hardware Abstraction Layer Issues

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/237556/en-us

Keep us informed as to your progress if you require further assistance.

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Boot from an XP CD and enter the Recovery Console.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314058

Enter these six commands in sequence:

C:> CD..
C:> ATTRIB ?H -S -R C:\boot.ini
C:> del boot.ini
C:> BOOTCFG /Rebuild
C:> CHKDSK /R /F
C:> FIXBOOT

Type 'EXIT' in the Windows Recovery Console and confirm the command to reboot.