Stuck on loading bar while installing macOS Monterey on mid 2011 imac

I went through the whole installation process and after a couple of reboots, it just got stuck about 1/3 of the way through. I’ve tried leaving it for hours and it still wouldn’t work. I also tried booting to safe mode while selecting the drive to boot from, which didn’t work either. I know there should be a way to get this working but I can’t seem to figure it out.

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