No progress from less than a minute, with upgrade to mountain lion.

I've had my install running all night, its gotten to the part which says 'less than a minute remaining" and has ceased progress, the bar is still moving to indicate the computer is responsive.
Basically my issue is this; do i restart the computer knowing that i might damage the hard-drive, with no back-up, or should i just wait it out for another day or so........
Not keen to damage the HD because i only got this one a few months ago (as i killed the last one, unknown reason)
The comp only has ~50gb of data on it, it can hold near 500gb so overloading it isnt the issue. 4gb RAM i think.
was running lion but slowly so i decided to upgrade, its a macbook pro bought a year and a half ago (circa 2011ish)
Desperately need help, unsure of what i should do... oh and i think my applecare plan has run out...

Okay, well don't worry, you will make it out okay.
I also ment to tell you that you get 90 days of phone support on your ML so you can call apple care and they will help you out. Just let them know you purchased it.
I would wait untill the morining and then if that doens't work call apple care. but at this point it's looking like you might need to restart the computer either way. You really don't have any other options.

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Here's what I wrote to Apple:
I'm having difficulty connecting to the iTunes Store. When I click on virtually any link in the store, a popup window comes up stating "We could not complete your iTunes store request. An unknown error occurred (-1202). There was an error in the iTunes Store. Please try again later."
I'm using a MacBook Air purchased new at the beginning of this year. OSX 10.7.5. I've had the same result trying to get at the Store with this machine from different sites (i.e. work and home). I'm able to use my wife's Mac (we share the same account on two machines) to access the store without difficulty. I can purchase something on her Mac and download it to my MacBook Air, but I can't make the purchase--or even navigate in the Store--with my machine. I've confirmed that the time on my machine is correct, and all the billing information for the account is up to date. I thought I'd wait to contact you until I had a chance to update iTunes, but the problem persists with iTunes 11. I've found many references to the -1202 error in the Apple website's discussion area, but none of them have solutions.
Then in follow up to Apple:
I am still having difficulties, and I think I've identified a larger issue. I can't use my machine to navigate the iTunes store with my Apple ID, and I can't use that same Apple ID to access the App Store, FaceTime, or photo ordering in iPhoto.
I mentioned in my first email to you that my wife's MacBook Pro uses the same Apple ID, and we can use her computer to do all of the functions that the other machine can't: I can get to FaceTime, the iTunes Store, the App Store, and photo ordering in iPhoto.
I also created a completely new Apple ID, which has been OK'd by the AppleID website, and it doesn't work on my machine, either.
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Please read this whole message before doing anything.
This procedure is a diagnostic test. It’s unlikely to solve your problem. Don’t be disappointed when you find that nothing has changed after you complete it.
The purpose of the test is to determine whether the problem is caused by third-party software that loads automatically at startup or login, by a peripheral device, by a font conflict, or by corruption of the file system or of certain system caches.
Disconnect all wired peripherals except those needed for the test, and remove all aftermarket expansion cards, if applicable. Start up in safe mode and log in to the account with the problem. You must hold down the shift key twice: once when you turn on the computer, and again when you log in.
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