Install time - now reading -6 hours.....

Hi,
I started to install last night of 10.8 and at this point the counter is now at -7 hours and 13 minutes!!!!!!
Can some tell me what is going on with my laptop?
And how to get it all moving the right way please?

Lets do this step by step
http://www.apple.com/osx/specs/
- Check the specs
Repair your HDD via the disk utility and try again
Make sure you are using a stable connection
- ethernet connection if possible
- If ethernet is not possible, create a new location via network preferences, switch from/to either Google DNS or ISP DNS
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