Set up assistant stuck transferring data from iMac to iMac

Hi there. I've got a 2008 iMac running Mavericks and have just upgraded to the new 27" iMac. During set up I opted to transfer my information from the old iMac using wi fi. Once I saw that it was going to take 51 hours, I found an ethernet cable and connected the two machines. Things seemed to be going ok, but now the progress bar has stopped advancing for the last three hours and the 'time remaining' keeps going up and down, up and down. The new machines display seems to be going to sleep - I've hovered over it wiggling the mouse all afternoon, but missed it at one point and the display went black. It seems to be around this time that progress stopped. I've Googled my heart out but can't seem to find a similar situation/solution. I'm not a real techy, so would really appreciate advice on what to do.
With thanks, Mark

Thanks for the reply. As luck would have it, it finally completed the migration after many many hours, and four of 'less than a minute remaining'!!! I guess the moral of the story is be patient - and pay no attention to the wildly fluctuating and inaccurate estimates for completion of the task

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