Why has Time machine been backing up for more than a week on Ethernet?

I recently had to format my MacBook Pro (Snow Leopard). Fortunately I was using Time Machine on Time Capsule. I was able to restore from my last backup everything as it was before.
However, after all that, backing up for the first time was taking too long (105 GB) on Wifi so I connected my laptop to the time capsule using an ethernet cable. The first 35GB backed up in a few hours... but it has taken a WEEK to go from 35GB to 70GB!!
Why is this taking so long? What can I do to speed up the process? I am worried that if I cancel the backup I'll have to start all over again...

Hi V,
Cancel it. There may be an issue, so it might never finish. Or, it could just be a hiccup, and by starting it over it will complete in a few hours at most.
When you quit it, run Repair Disk on the TM HD, and Verify disk on your internal HD (from Disk Utility).

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