Time Machine restore  process will take 59 hours!?

I just received my iMac 17" Core Duo from my local apple store where they had replaced my LCD. Prior to taking it in, I did a full Time Machine backup (about 100GB). I booted up from the Leopard install DVD and selected from the menu-"restore system from backup" after selecting my backup drive it then proceeded to do the restore. So far (about 40 mins) its at 1.0% with *59 hours remaining*.
Is this normal???
Details: Connecting to my mac via USB with a Seagate 500GB external drive. iMac has capacity of 149 GB.
Thanks for any help!

Hi! That's probably correct though as it starts making progress the time may decrease faster than its estimates. That's the reason for having a clone, it's faster. Tom

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