Problems in making back up of time machine disc

I need to make a back up of my time machine disc as it has become very noisy.I have purchased a 1TG disc and have tried to copy onto this. Restore from disc utilities did not work so I tried with supadupa. After an hour it repeatedly falls at a particular font file. I have tried to delete this but I get an error message stating that it is not possible to modify a backup file. Is there a work around?
Help please
David Thomas

I agree that the easiest option is to start over with Time Machine but then I lose 3 months history
Not if you set the old TM disk off to the side unplugged and turned off. If in the next couple months you discover you need a file that isn't in the new TM data you can always connect the old and search for it. You don't trust it any longer so it isn't like you're going to reformat it and use it for any other purpose, right?

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