Best practices for importing archived/new photos into LR?

Hi All,
New to LR 2.7. After countless tutorials and online chats, I am still confused as to how LR manages image files. It's like HS algebra all over again!
Is the LR designed and intended for managing all of your photos or just those that need editing?
Do you import all photos for one giant library?
Is it best to save photos on external drive first then import to LR?
For photos that are saved on an external drive, is it still necessary to copy them to a folder on your computer before importing or can you work directly from the drive? Is there a risk here?
If you are importing directly from your memory card into LR, do you first need to save them to the external drive to avoid losing the original images?
Looking for simple step by step routine to follow for archived photos and for new photos
Thank you for your help!!
AJ

AJ Allen wrote:
Is the LR designed and intended for managing all of your photos or just those that need editing?
All of them.
Do you import all photos for one giant library?
I do.
Is it best to save photos on external drive first then import to LR?
For photos that are saved on an external drive, is it still necessary to copy them to a folder on your computer before importing or can you work directly from the drive? Is there a risk here?
If you are importing directly from your memory card into LR, do you first need to save them to the external drive to avoid losing the original images?
You can store the images where you want, internal, external or network, and you can import directly from a card to that location. LR won't delete the images off the card, you have to do that separately.

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