I reinstalled the Windows bootloader from the Mandrake recovery disk, and I get the error:

Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt.
<windows root>\system32\hal.dll

I haven't touched the WinXP partition during any part of the install, aside from changing the MBR, so it's either looking in the wrong spot, or looking for a file that never existed. Any recommendation on how to fix this?

Also I've been looking around Google for ways to fix this, does anyone know any site with a working floppy .img for a Windows boot disk, or a boot manager that would actually work? Anything to get an OS back on this system. x_x

Thanks again.