Samsung Data Migration Software: Cloning Fails When Trying to Clone to 1TB 860 EVO

Sep 10, 2018
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I recently purchased and installed a 1TB Samsung 860 EVO in my computer. My current drive is a 1TB WD Black drive which I have been using for about 5 yrs. When I load up the Samsung Data Migration software, both of my drives show up in the appropriate sections, my WD drive as the source and my SSD as the target.
When I start the process, it gets to 77% and then I receive the error message:
"cloning failed. An error occurred while reading the disk. 301001[0497c9]"
I have tried the troubleshooting solutions recommended by the software and ran the cloning again but I get the same error message at 77% each time. Supposedly this means I have a bad or inaccessible sector which I am not to sure what that means. If you have any solutions on how I can get the cloning process to complete, please let me know.