I had a similar error on a Compaq restore, ordered new restore disks and
still had the error.
I found an obscure site which said to press Page Up (or down, I don't
recall), and the restore finished successfully from there.
Weird, I know, but no harm to try it.
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I had need to reboot my ME 2000 / Compaq Presario 5000.  This due to my
screen going blue and not restarting; the disk then indicated that there
is an error 50:4 on my Compaq Rapid Restore Disk, I also tried a
Recovery Disk both said the same.  Rapid had Error 50:4 and Recovery
 said to contact my dealer or Compaq.  Also with Rapid Restore
after stating the error it told me to continue (if I wanted), when I hit
enter all I saw was the word "working" which I let stand for over an
hour with no response.  Yesterday I hit F8 and tried to use Safe Mode
but to no avail.  Is there a solution to this? Or has my computer gone
to a happier virus free after life?

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