Is there a way to transfer all my old files in an USB hard drives to a larger thunderbolt connected hard drive through Aperture so it acts as the DAM?

I just got the 27" iMac but I don't want to burden it with all my photo files which are presently on 2 external HDs (USB 2.0 but one has FW800). I plan to transfer all these files to a new 4Tb HD via thunderbolt which will be my new working HD. Then I will put the old HDs in a an off site place for security. I want to access all the files by letting Aperture act as the digital asset manager. What is the fastest way to accomplish this?

I think the best place to ask this question would be in the Aperture forum, as they would know what you'd need to change in Aperture to deal with the moves.
Here's a link for you:
https://discussions.apple.com/community/professional_applications/aperture?view= discussions

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