Disk Utility - Still 'Modifying Partition Map'

I had a 64gb windows partition on my newest revision MacBook Pro, and I didn't really need windows anymore, so I wanted to resize it to 32gb.
I still want to keep windows for LANparties (games), so I decided to remove Windows, shrink the partition, and reinstall it...
Easily said, I removed the partition in Disk Utility, then I added a partition (just HFS for now), and resized everything the way I wanted it..
But now the Disk Utility has been 'Modifying Partition Map' for the last 2,5 hours, and I dare not interrupt it, so I set all the energy settings and sleep stuff to 'Never', because it might kill something :P
Any advice? Is it normal that it takes this long, or am I screwed (I do have a time machine backup).

Okay, I understand that I can't create one for Windows using Disk Utility, but I think it's a bit stupid that now my partition / HDD might be broken ..
Maybe a warning or something? I didn't even think of the fact that Bootcamp could also delete partitions...
So I will now boot the install DVD and try to repair, I have a full Time Machine backup, so I'm glad I did that ..
thanks for the advice, but I think this should be noted as a bug, as I think Disk Utility should not 'break' my partition map if I use it to delete a non-HFS partition..

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