Dumping camera HD but not ready for edit

I'm just getting started with shooting video & FCE, storing storing files and all this jargon, so bear with me here. All of this is frighteningly overwhelming and I'm trying to get the "basics" understood.
I want to clear out my camcorder HD and save the files on my external HD for later editing (and general backup), as I'm not ready to jump into editing yet. I've read that the media must remain in its "original file structure", as FCE doesn't work with isolated .mts files. Can I save the video media directly to my external HD or must I use Log & Transfer through FCE? What would you do?
Also, should I connect my camera and external HD to the computer individually or connect the external HD to the computer and then the camera to the external HD?
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Hi -
You are correct, you need to save the entire memory structure of the camera storage media in order to successfully use Log and Transfer on video that has been archived off the camera media and on to a hard drive.
Here is a workflow to do that, it looks harder than it is:
Plug the camera in via USB, the media appears as a drive on the desktop -
!http://www.spotsbeforeyoureyes.com/DMG1.jpg!
Then, in the Finder, go to the menu Go > Utilities-
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When the Utilities window opens, double click on the Disk Utility.app to launch it -
!http://www.spotsbeforeyoureyes.com/DMG3.jpg!
Select the camera storage on the left hand pane, then click the +new image icon -
!http://www.spotsbeforeyoureyes.com/DMG4.jpg!
Leave the Image format and encryption to their default settings. Navigate where you want your archival disk copy to be placed, and give it a name (like the date, etc.) and click Save -
!http://www.spotsbeforeyoureyes.com/DMG5.jpg!
Disk Utility will do it's thing and make the disk image of everything on you camera storage (all files, folders, data - all intact and all exactly as it appeared on the camera storage media) in this case on an external drive -
!http://www.spotsbeforeyoureyes.com/DMG6.jpg!
Eject the camera from your computer -
!http://www.spotsbeforeyoureyes.com/DMG7.jpg!
Unplug your camera and double click on the disk image archive you just created on your drive. The camera media storage will reappear, mounting to your desktop, this time originating from the archive and not the camera.
BEFORE you reformat the camera media or erase the clips on the camera media (reformatting preferred), launch FCE and Log and Transfer, navigate to the archival disk image on your desktop and verify that all is well.
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