Trying to install Yosemite but does not complete the installation

i have a MacBook pro 13 inch, with Mavericks on it. I downloaded yosemite and started the installation. It runs through most of it and then during the last two minutes it doesnt seem to finish. It has been sitting on "2 minutes remaing" for a couple of hours now. Suggestions? Thanks.

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If the installer's icon is in your Dock, the CTRL- or RIGHT-click and see if you can successfully quit from there.
Press COMMAND-OPTION-ESC to open the Task Manager. Select the installer's entry and click on the Force Quit button.
Open Activity Monitor in the Utilities folder. Click on the Name titlebar to display alphabetically. Select the entry for the Installer then click on the Quit button.
Hopefully, this will get you out of the installer without deleting the installer. Now restart the computer to see if you can, and if it's booting your old system or the new one. If it's the latter then do this:
Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions - Mavericks, Lion/Mountain Lion
Boot to the Recovery HD:
Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND and R keys until the menu screen appears. Alternatively, restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the OPTION key until the boot manager screen appears. Select the Recovery HD and click on the downward pointing arrow button.
Repair
When the recovery menu appears select Disk Utility. After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list. In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive. If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported then click on the Repair Permissions button. When the process is completed, then quit DU and return to the main menu. Restart the computer.
Now, run the installer again. Hopefully, it will run all the way through now.

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