Windows 2012 Getting files ready for installation.....zzzzz

Hi,
I am using a windows 8.1 management workstation to manage my hyper-v 2012 R2 core server via Hyper-V manager.
So I went to create my first Windows 2012 R2 STD with GUI, selected the Dell bootable ISO (6GB) and the installation has started.
I wait 50 minutes and it has only done 33% of the install and it is sitting on "Getting files ready for installation":
Is this normal?
If it were being install on a physcial server I think it would be quicker.
Can anyone explain to me how long this should take?
My hyper-v server core runs on a Dell R720 quad core Intel CPU 2.4GHZ, it has SAS drives.
My management workstation has an I7 2.2Ghz.
Thanks in advance.
Regards
Alfred

Hi Eric,
thanks for your reply.
As I am writing to you I am making a copy of an exported virtual machine and my windows 8 file explorer is telling my that it is copying it between 16-22 MB per second.
I think it is slow.
Once again here is the config on the PERC H310 controller on the Dell Poweredge R720 server with Hyper-V core 2012 R2:
1 RAID 0 Virtual Disk with 1 x 7200RPM 2TB SAS drive (This is where the Hypervisor is installed)
1 RAID 5 Virtual Disk with 3 x 7200RPM 2TB SAS drives (3.7TB storage used for VMs and VHDs)
I read that the Dell Perc H310 raid controller is sort of OK in a RAID 1 config.
But I also have a RAID 5 config which may suffer performance.
I am coming to the conclusion I should have obtained a Dell Perc H710 raid controller because it has battery backup as well as 512 MB of cache that the H310 does not have.
Thanks.
Regards
Alfred

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