Is it just me or does it take for ever to restore the MacBook Air to factory settings?

I am on my third attempt to download the lion OS and the screen currently shows 30 hours to go! The timer gets down to about 5 hours to go then starts going up? As far as I know my home Broadband is of ok speed. Anything I should try before taking it to a local store?

Is Spotlight done indexing? If not that may be why. If it has indexed, then you may need to force it to reindex. This assumes the file you want is not in a system folder. To force a reindex open the Spotlight preferences, click on the Privacy tab, drag the icon for your hard drive into the Privacy window. Wait about 30 seconds then select the listing and click on the Delete [-] button to remove it. This will force Spotlight to reindex your drive, but you'll need to wait until that's done to check if it fixes the problem.

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KimRoberto wrote:
My 4s wants to do a restore and not just an update. Help. ...
See Here > http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1808
You may need to try this More than Once...
Be sure to Follow ALL the Steps...
KimRoberto wrote:
I don't want to lose all my contacts and music. I'm ready to cry.
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