Copied Iphoto library however backup

Backup library doesnt seem to contain any of the *.mov files that were imported to iphoto. I used a simple copy from finder to drop box and then went to win7 computer to copy to folder to win 7 pictures folder. When I browsed it there were no mov files there.
Kevin

I just recopied it to my public\dropbox folder I realize now that I did not finish copy to that folder on the mac before I copied and pasted it on my win machine which is my backup target...it has a terabyte of storage. My real problem is that the mac is not allowing me to copy folders directly to shared folders on the target I have to go to the win machine and navigate to the dropbox in order to copy files. Finder gives the error that some of the items I want to copy I do not have permission to read from even though I reset permissions and checked the files info. I did read in some of the posts here that exporting creates hassles when backing up the library so I stuck with simple copying from the finder.

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