How long should it take to restore imac from backup

MY intel iMac had the operating system restored at my local Apple store. Once home I went about restoring all data from an external hard- drive. So far it has been doing this for about 30 hours with no end in sight. This can't be right, surely

Was the backup drive formatted as I asked? See the following for help with using Migration Assistant:
How to use Migration Assistant to transfer files from another Mac
Please visit Pondini's Time Machine FAQ for help with all things Time Machine.

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