Iphone 4 IOS 5 restore from back up is taking long time

Hello,
it's my first time on the forum.I'm quite new in the apple world.
Yesterday I upgraded my Iphone4 to IOS 5.
The device asked me to plug it to the PC for the restore from my backup and here come problems.The restore started and after few second stoped at 80%,
now it's still working (15 hours). Is it normal?I just had 2 GB of Data.It seems a long time.
Do you think it will finish?
I think I noticed is that the pup up that shows the system is working is a Vista pup up and not a itunes pop up.
Please help

Good morning Becka642,
If you are having an issue with being unable to complete the restore of your iPhone, I would suggest that you troubleshoot using the steps in this article -
If you can't update or restore your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
Best,
Brett L

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