Volume rebuild using TechTool Pro 5 - How long??

We put the OS X 10.5 install dvd in our Macbook with the intent to edit the administrator password and instead triggered what our Macbook thought was some kind of upgrade. We were afraid to cancel it, but about a minute in the "upgrade" ended up failing. We lost our ability to boot to the desktop and so we took it in to the Apple Store where they advised us that the node structure became invalid. They told us to either get Diskwarrior or TechTool Pro. We opted for the latter.
We've been doing a volume rebuild now for the last 27 hours. Is this normal?? We did not have an external drive, but there's no indication that this is required. In further searching, we noticed that it's recommended to have one, but we don't. The program has been sitting at "repairing directory structure" and occasionally the dvd drive spins. There's no progress bar, so we don't know what is going on. Does anyone have experience with this who can shed some light on what's going on??
Thanks!

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