Satellite pro A200 won't start up / boot

Hi,
my laptop is refusing to startup beyond the windows loading page, I disabled automatic restart and the message on the blue screen says:
STOP: c0000221 {Bad Image Checksum} The image oleaut32.dll is possibly corrupt. The header checksum does not match the computed checksum.
Does anyone know what I need to do?
Thanks in advance for any help.
Donal

Satellite Pro A200-16Y
Bug Check 0xC0000221: STATUS_IMAGE_CHECKSUM_MISMATCH
This indicates that a driver or a system DLL has been corrupted.
This bug check will display a descriptive text message. The name of the damaged file is displayed as part of the message.
Please give us the name of the file from the blue screen. If a path is available, be sure to include that.
If you have located an installation CD, learn to access the Recovery Console.
Description of the Windows XP Recovery Console for advanced users
-Jerry

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Basically I know that it is possible to run XP and Vista on one system. *But*, Satellite Pro A200 notebooks are shipped with a BIOS for XP and one for Vista and with information that you have to install the correct one. For me this means that you have to install BIOS for XP when running XP and BIOS for Vista when running Vista.
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In my opinion there are no serious reasons why you shouldnt be able to use Xp and Vista on your Satellite Pro A200.
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