Reinstall Lion gets stuck

Hi,
I have a MacBook Pro mid 2009, and need to reinstall Lion, 10.7.5. I have an external HD, which I use at the moment as the start-up disk. It also has the Recovery Partition on it. When I choose the recovery option, I direct the download to my MB, and the download appears to go well..., until the last quarter of an inch or so of the progress bar. At that point the remaining time estimate varies wildly, anywhere from 40 minutes to three hours 30 minutes. I have let it sit over night, seeing whether it would eventually continue. No dice. This has been my third attempt. (I know Einstein's definition of stupidity: Stupidity is repeating the same action, but expecting different results)
Any advice?
Thanks

Hello Lessa99,
Welcome to Apple Support Communities.
While installing from a disc would work, since you were able to post here, I am going to assume you have access to another computer, if so, you can follow this article to install it from another computer.
How to install OS X on multiple computers
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4854
Regards,
Jeff D.

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