problems upgrading to 6.1

[rb240z]

OK, so please no flames, i have searched and thought i found all my problems but i still get hung uup trying to use the kitchen to upgrade to 6.1. Now everything is set up and built the rom i want. Because i use Vista, i opened the kitchen in administrator like i read to, i turn off the usb connection as told to in active sync. i put my phone in bootloader (ver. 1.00), and all i get is the first screen that it is checking information on your device... please wait. How long should this take, after like 30 mins i am afraid its going to kill my battery. i watched the video on youtueb and followed it the same. I recently upgraded to AKU3.3 withought a problem. Any ideas? Thank you... Ryan