Comp man wrote:
> I try to reinstall XP but cant every time it gets to 6 percent, a pop up will
> occur that say C:\1386\DRV\DTA\DTA.LST want recover. I dont know what that
> means. Thats all it will go to and thats it. My computer is an emachines
> and the warranty has ran out. By the way I ran it from the installation disk
> that came with the desktop. Someone please help me so I can get this
> computer like factory condition again. Thank YOu.

I can find a reference here, to DTA.LST

"Installation Stops Responding at 97% Using Recovery Media to Format the
Drive and Perform a Full System Recovery "

http://support.gateway.com/s/issues/2-1747069601.shtml

(Apparently Gateway owns Emachines now ?)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emachines

I interpret that, by reading some other articles, to suggest
the Emachines CD, is attempting to copy files from the CD
to a separate recovery partition. So it needs that partition
on the hard drive, in order to work.

You might also try using your favorite search engine, and enter
the model number of the computer, to see if anyone has described
the particular procedure for that computer, in more detail.

Paul