Is it possible to export my entire library of photos onto an external hard drive?

Hi everyone,
So, if I'm interested in making a copy of images only (nothing else, no face recognition data or anything like that) onto an external hard drive, would the best way of doing this be to select all the photos, then go to File -> Export and then create a folder in the hard drive and put them in?  Will doing it through File -> Export allow me to put the photos straight into an external hard drive folder, or will I have to do it all on the desk top and then copy from the desk top into the external hard drive?  Also, I assume my photos in iphoto will remain unaffected?
Thanks for your help in advance. 

marc173 wrote:
would the best way of doing this be to select all the photos, then go to File -> Export and then create a folder in the hard drive and put them in?  Will doing it through File -> Export allow me to put the photos straight into an external hard drive folder,...
Yes.
marc173 wrote:
Also, I assume my photos in iphoto will remain unaffected?
Correct.

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