SMART Utility Says "Failing"

My 12" powerbook Aluminum was refusing to shut down--meaning I couldn't clone it to my external. So I ran SMART Utility. It found Pending Bad Sectors: 2, Reallocated Bad Sectors: 3, Total Errors 30, and Last Error Type: Uncorrectable.
So I ordered a new drive. Everytime I try to clone my current drive to my external it bumps up against some file it fails to copy. The first couple of times these were Adobe Files. So I removede CS2 from the computer (a lengthy process), ran Applejack, and tried again. This is the error message I get from SuperDuper: WARNING: Caught I/O exception(22): Invalid argument
| 11:32:39 PM | Info |WARNING: Source: /private/var/log/system.log, lstat(): 0
| 11:32:39 PM | Info |WARNING: Target: /Volumes/GB 12" Backup/private/var/log/system.log, lstat(): 0
| 11:32:39 PM | Info |Attempting to copy file using copyfile().
| 11:32:39 PM | Info |Attempting to copy file using ditto.
| 11:32:39 PM | Error | ditto: /private/var/log/./system.log: Result too large
So I have a new hard drive to install, but I can't clone my old one. I'd really like to shorten this process as much as possible as I've been having weeks of computer **** (three laptops, two failing hard drives and a bad memory card spread out over all three).
Question: How do I clone this drive? And 2) If I DO successfully clone it, am I just cloning the problems I'm trying to rectify?
Please help.
Cheers,
Giles

Giles:
I would like to copy my applications over from my old failing drive but I don't want to copy any corruption. Can you please advise what is the best way to do this?
If there is an issue with the files and apps on the drive there may be concern about it. However, if the files and apps were not having issues, and it is simply a matter of the HDD itself failing, there should not be an issue with moving them over. Then later, if you find there are issues you can simply reinstall the problem apps.
Or should I just bite the bullet and reinstall from scratch?
That is certainly an option. However, as I noted above, you may not need to do so up front.
Even if I reinstall from scratch, can I safely copy my user data (preferences, bookmarks, etc) for Safari and Entourage?
Yes, you can. I suggest that you use the schedule laid out in the article A Basic Guide for Migrating to Intel-Macs. I realize that you are working with PowerPC Macs, but you need the same stuff moved. It works very well. I would be sure to test the drive to which you have copied before deleting the old stuff.
Good luck.
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