winlogon missing corrupt

I'm installing Vista on an empty 2nd hard drive. After 100% of the files have been expanded and it seems as though the installation is about finished, my computer attempts to reboot to the new OS, but I get an error message that the winlogon.exe is missing or corrupt. (The file is definitely there...I checked)
I've tried rolling back the installation and starting over, both from a DVD I burned, and from the ISO image mounted in a virtual drive. Every time the result is the same.
Any suggestions?

is it winloGON or win loAD.exe?
There were bunch of reports about missing winload exe after reboot already.
It might be helpful to report full hardware config to MS and also here (if you want). Here's how:
This can be done easiest by getting this program "PCI" or "PCI32"
http://members.datafast.net.au/~dft0802/downloads.htm
You also need to copy this file:
http://members.datafast.net.au/~dft0802/downloads/pcidevs.txt
To the same location as you have the PCI.exe or PCI32.exe. It has updated device definitions.
If you still have installer or can install XP on the computer, run the PCI32.exe like this: PCI32.exe > devices.txt
now open devices.txt with notepad and copy paste the content here in your reply.
If you don't have and can't get XP back there, get the DOS version on a disk or bootable USB stick that uses DOS. Then do PCI.EXE > devices.txt and open this file where you have Internet access.
You can also try enabling boot logging from the boot menu advanced options and this would yield a net*.log in root of that drive.
If possible, I also recommend installing the Beta Client on that computer and submitting a bug including the boot log if you got such made.
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I'm installing Vista on an empty 2nd hard drive. After 100% of the files have been expanded and it seems as though the installation is about finished, my computer attempts to reboot to the new OS, but I get an error message that the winlogon.exe is missing or corrupt. (The file is definitely there...I checked)
I've tried rolling back the installation and starting over, both from a DVD I burned, and from the ISO image mounted in a virtual drive. Every time the result is the same.
Any suggestions?