Migrating from SnowLeopard to Mountain Lion does not start

Just got a brand new 15"MacBook Pro Retina running Mountain Lion.
First thing I tried to do after selecting language and keyboard was to try to migrate everything from my 15" MacBookPro running Snow Leopard but the process does not even start
After connecting both via ethernet cable, the computers recongnized each other, and I started the process but it has been showing "Preparing to transfer user documents for more than 4 hours"
No progress bar, no expected time for completion. nothing at all
Any suggestions on what to do?
Thanks in advance

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