Problem upgrading photos from old version of iPhoto

I just purchased a new iMac and therefore got a new version of iPhoto. It said I need to upgrade my library to be compatible with the new version of iPhoto. I began the upgrade process, it said it may take more than an hour for large libraries. I have 39,000 photos, the upgrader has been running for 13 hours straight and still cycling. Is this normal? So I need to stop and restart?

No, that's not normal. Are you running the iPhoto Library Upgrader 1.1? Force quite out of the upgrader and try again.
You did make a backup copy of the library before starting the upgrade, right?
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