Can I combine the contents of 2 hard drives in to 1 drive?

I have a new 1TB hard drive that came with applications pre installed. I'd like keep its contents and add the contents from my recent Time Machine backup. Some of the applications are redundant but that's OK with me. I just don't want to lose the contents on either hard drive. My initial hard drive is 256GB and has Mavericks, MS Office 2011, iTunes library and a buch of other apps and files and photos. The new drive is 1TB and is pre loaded with a buch of cool apps. Some are dupes like MS Office 2011 and the typical Macbook apps, iTunes etc. but I want to add the contents from my 256GB drive to the contents of my 1TB drive without losing anything. Do I used "Install from backup disk" in Time Machine?
I backed up the 256GB drive and installed the 1TB drive just waiting to hear how to move the contents ove without wiping the contents of the 1TB out.
Thanks!

I went old school and copied apps, documents and photos from the old drive to the new one.

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