IMac to new iMac via Firewire---Hung up at 34 minutes for 8 hours

I have a 2007 iMac connected to my new 27" iMac via Firewire 800->400 cable. It seems to have gone fine, for awhile. Now it's stuck at 34 minutes remaining for over 8 hours.
Do I let it keep going?
If not, how do I stop it and start over? Won't the new machine have some of the files already transferred? I'd like to start clean again.
Please help! Missing work here.....
Steve

It's possible one of the Macs went to sleep.
It's also possible there's a problem on the old Mac's internal HD. Verify it, per #6 in [Formatting, Partitioning, Verifying, and Repairing Disks|http://web.me.com/pondini/AppleTips/DU.html] (or use the link in *User Tips* at the top of the +Using Snow Leopard+ forum).
Do you have either Time Machine or "clone" backups of the old Mac, on an external HD? If so, it's a bit easier to plug that in to the new one and transfer from it. Start with the "Second Chance" in the green box of [Setting up a new Mac from an old one or its backups|http://web.me.com/pondini/AppleTips/Setup.html] (or use the link in *User Tips* at the top of this forum).

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