Clean install stuck after initial reboot

So I bought a Sandisk Ultra Plus SDSSDHP-256G-G25 256GB SSD yesterday to use with my Early 2011 Macbook Pro 13" model. I had to do a clean install, so I created a Mountain Lion USB stick to install the OS. The initial installation went fine and it automatically rebooted itself like it is supposed to, but my MBP has been stuck at this installation screen for about 2-3 hours now and I'm unsure what to do. I clean installed Mountain Lion much faster on my old 320GB WD Black hard drive and it doesn't make sense for it to be taking this long. Thanks for the help in advance.

You could safely install again from stick.

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I'm trying to see if others have experienced this as well?
The whole OS only occupied 7GB (right after install) and after a reboot it reads 16GB.
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Details:
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