I am transferring my Time Machine to a new hard drive, and it keeps crashing. Why?

I purchased a 3 TB Western Digital Firewire Drive (it also has USB) to set up as a new Time Machine. I want to use my present backup file. I am not experiencing any problems with my present Time Machine, but the drive is very full.
I am following the instructions posted here: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5096
The drive has been reformatted as per the instructions.
The transfer process works well until I get the following message:
"Backup of Untitled" cannot be converted. Please install a newer version of iWork.
I am using iWork '09 Version 4.3 (1048). I purchased it on CD
I click OK.
Then I get the message:
The operation can't be completed because you don't have permission to access some of the items.
I click OK.
Then I get the message:
The operation can't be completed because an unexpected error occurred (error code -8062).
I click OK again.
Then I get the last two messages over and over again (the order seems random), until I finally stop getting messages. A short while later, the process stops, and the copy window disappears.
I have done this twice. I have also run disk utilities on the original Time Machine, and the disk appears OK.
The process, when it completes, will take about 20 hours. I would hope to do it once more, and have it actually work.
Looking forward to some help in solving this situation.
Thank you

There are apparently some damaged files on the old backups. You might be able to copy them via the Finder, but if it works, it will copy the damage -- not a good idea.
Your best bet is probably to just start fresh on the new drive.
You can always see and restore from the old set via the Browse Other Backup Disks option, per Time Machine - Frequently Asked Question #17.

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