Help!!! Restoring disk takes 14 hours???

I posted in the Time Machine section of the forum, but am hoping to increase my chances of an answer, since I can't use my computer right now (I'm using my wife's to write this message). Thanks for your help!
Hello!
I wiped my disk clean, rebooted using Snow Leopard DVD as a start up disk, and then attempted to restore my disk from my Time Machine backup. Everything seemed to flow just fine... UNTIL the "Transferring Information" window displayed "Transferring your Applications folder...". The blue progress bar has been stuck in the same place for 15 HOURS!!!!! The status still reads "Transferring your Applications folder...". Any insights into HOW I CAN MOVE FROM WHERE I AM TO SUCCESSFULLY RESTORING MY DISK FROM TIME MACHINE, IN A TIME-EFFECTIVE MANNER?
Oh man, I know someone out there can help! I really appreciate anything you can offer in advance! Thank you!
All the best,
NRM

Keep it to one thread then.
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=11194019#11194019
And this, "Uprading to SL using OEM DVD"
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=11072226#11072226
and close this thread.

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