Installation does not go through

I'm trying to install on a 2009 iMac. The screen shows "Installing: About 31 minutes remaining". It was showing that for few hours, so I did a force-shut down. Instead of booting up normally, it boot up into the installer. The screen still continues to show the same message. I've completely lost access to the computer. Whenever I do a force shut down and start it again, it still opens back to the installer screen. Can someone help please?!?

Mine is taking very long time, longer than it says (was on 30 minutes for over an hour). I left it alone and it eventually started progressing. Now, it seems to be finishing and rebooting.

Same - my timer was way off. I let it sit for a couple hours, and the installation was finished when I came back.

Ok, i've started it again. Shows "Installing: About 30 minutes remaining". Let's see how it goes.

I have the same problem, except mine doesn't even show a timer. I'm just stuck at about 10%

Installation does not go through
 
 
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