Why does "downloading additional components" take 36 hours?

Hi there,
I'm about to go on the road for 6 weeks so am trying to install Mavericks onto a USB stick so I can have a bootable drive with a bunch of trouble shooting tools installed.
But when I try to install Mavericks (restart then Command R) the stage "Downloading additional components" says it will take 36 hours. I tried restarting the process and doing a clean erase of the drive using the installer's Disk Utility and this has dropped it to 8 hours but over the past 20mins it's climbed to 14 hours?
Frankly, I don't understand why I can't just use the 5gb Mavericks installer I've already downloaded - but I can't because the installer states Mavericks can't be installed on this Machine (I think because it's already installed).
Does anyone know how to install the OS onto a disk quickly? I really don't understand all these new restrictions.
Any pointers in the right direction would be much appreciated.
Cheers
Ben

prik67 wrote:
i formatted the Hard Drive from Disk Utility in order to Re-install OSX Lion...The download time first shown was like 53 hours and then after like 10 minutes it went down to 10 hours...i am pretty sure thst the internet connection i have is very fast, so why does downloading OSX Lion take so long?
It's about 4GB, from memory, and the download speed can be affected from things like site traffic or variations in speed from your own ISP. But in general, it IS a very large download. Also never put your trust in a computer telling you how much time is left to download. As you can see, it recalculates everything more often and more quickly than the Tax Department! (Oh, and don't watch it. You know the old saying)
Cheers
Pete

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