I have several questions regarding Final Cut Pro X

I went to the APP Store to check out FCPX and accidentally downloaded it (v. 10.0.3)
I didn't freak out too badly as I had planned to buy it eventually, but One Click?
Anyhow, the deed is done.
Since the application was downloaded, how do I make a backup copy? I mean, I could
burn the application to a DVD, but usually an Installer puts files in different folders in
various locations, and I would have no way of knowing where they all are. What have
the rest of you done?
The first thing I ran into upon opening FCPX was a message saying "The selected SAN location
is already in use." At this point I didn't even know what a SAN location was. It somehow decided
it wanted to use my 3TB Seagate drive I'm using as a TimeMachine Backup drive. I think I managed
to delete the SAN location.
But it is putting Final Cut Events on a drive I don't want to use for that, and the drive I have designated
for video does not appear within FCPX as a choice. I rebooted and it showed up for an instant and then
disappeared.
I had FCP many years ago and you used to specify locations for saving files. As I said, I have a drive
reserved for Video and it doesn't show up within FCPX.
I have old versions of Motion and LiveType that came with FCP before. Do they work with this version?
So far I'm struggling with this. I have AppleCare. Do they support this application?
Help please.
james

Tom, thanks for your Answer!
I'll just burn the FCPX app to a DVD and hope that's all the files it needs.
As for my drive, it is formatted just the same as all my other externals.
I've got a bunch of them dedicated to different types of material (photo, music, audio samples, video, etc.)
The fact that that drive shows up in FCPX and then disappears is troubling.
I don't know enough yet to know whether something is wrong or it's user error.

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