Best way to transfer HDD Files to another External HDD ?

I am using an iMac , that has Two external HDD connected to it, HDD ( A ) and (B ) both formatted in Mac OS Extended ( Journaled ) . ( A ) is only used to backup the iMac with SuperDuper and ( B ) is only used to store photos and music . I now want to transfer every thing thats stored on ( B ) over to ( A ) and then remove ( B ) from the iMac all together. before I go and do any thing , as I am still learning, I really would like to find out if there's a best way to do the transfer ..? so comments or advice would be most welcome.

The best thing is to keep your backup drive separate from the drive you use for storage. In other words what you now have is better than what you propose doing.

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