Backup procedure

I have an iMac desktop with a 1TB external drive as backup. However, the drive is running out of room, and so is my iMac. I've bought myself a second external drive (3TB).
Now I want to copy the files backed up on the 1TB drive into the 3TB, and delete all my photos/files from the iMac.
1) Is it wise?
2) How do I do it, since upon copying the entire backup file from the 1TB, I could not paste it into the 3TB? What am I doing wrong?
Your feedback is greatly appreciated.
Dave

It is not that easy. Use software such as Carbon Copy Cloner to have an exact replica, one hard drive to another. It is best if the sizes of the drives are the same, otherwise the block size will be larger on larger formatted drives for the smallest files, causing lack of space. The easiest solution would be to partition the larger hard drive to have one partition the same size as the internal and move anything archival to second partition. And get a second external hard drive that you do the same to. You want to have at least two copies of your data at all times.

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PROMPT *************************************************
SET SERVEROUTPUT ON SIZE 200000
SPOOL &DEST_DIR.&DIR_SEP.part1.sql
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     PFILE_INFO     VARCHAR2(500 CHAR) := '';                                             -- Variable pour test de type de fichier d'initialisation
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@&DEST_DIR.&DIR_SEP.part1.sql
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SPOOL &DEST_DIR.&DIR_SEP.part2.sql
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PROMPT *************************************************But it's provided without guarantee. It's been a long time i've not used it! And it might have bugs. Up to you to test it, backup is not a matter where you trust people :-)
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RUN
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Edited to clean up the code from unnecessary blank lines...
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