MacBook Pro :: OS X Reinstall - Amount Of Time Keeps Increasing

Apr 11, 2012

Mid 2010 13". The computer crashed. Wouldn't start. decided to reinstall os x. The progress bar is full but at the bottom it says Time Remaining: about -1hours and -53 minutes. And the amount of time just keeps increasing. Anyone know whats up? or is that how it goes?

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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.4)

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