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Good points. I should have said that importing files (which does not create a new set of files) has two functions. 1st it reads the files metadata, adds that to the catalogue database and builds previews. 2nd so it knows where the files are located. The user has complete control of where to import from and where to import to. Observe the upper left and right had corners of the import window.I want to add two points to Only RF's sage counsel. First, watch the video and, like Only RF says, take the time right away to figure out your file strategy. It is painful to switch later down the road. Second, remember to have a backup strategy for your raw files. Lightroom will keep track of file info, meta-data, and edit history, but it you can't go back to 2015 (for example, or any other older imports) and redo edits without the original raw file.
I keep my files on an external drive that is backed daily up to another external drive using CCC. The LR folder that contains the catalogue is on my HD. I use a Mac so by default it places it in Pictures. Don't know about Windows. That location is where LrC backs up the catalogue to as well. My HD is backed up to a 3rd drive using Mac's Time Machine.
Here is the Catalogue and backup folder which LrC creates. The rest is LrC stuff I don't worry about. The circled item is a personal folder.
When you exit LrC make sure these two boxes are checked.