Lightroom 1:1 Previews not automatic...

I am just figuring out that Lightroom doesn't automatically generate 1:1 previews for all of your images when you first import them, nor at any point in the future, unless you specifically choose the Library>Preview>Render 1:1 Previews menu selection (I guess I could have figured out that it doesn't generate them upon import by the 'Render Standard-Sized Previews' option in the import window, but that would have been too easy:)...Is this correct?
Out of curiosity, if it is indeed correct, and I wanted to take the time to have Lightroom go over all of my images and regenerate the 1:1 previews for them, but I'd previously setup Lightroom so that it automatically generates standard-size previews for every image I ever imported (which totals 45,000 images, with standard previews options set to 2048px/high-quality), does choosing the 'Discard 1:1 Previews' menu option delete the standard-sized previews that I had previously generated for all of my images? If so, great...but if not, is there any way to delete all these previews that I'd previously generated? There must be a way...anyone know what it is, and how to do it? (and please God... don't tell me I have to create a brand new library from scratch and re-import everything all over again :(

I am using a 30in display, along side a 22in (as parts of a dual monitor setup)...
I was wrong actually...my database only contains a mere 35,000 images, for which I have imported virtually every image using the standard size previews set to 2048;high-quality...I have just completed rendering the 1:1 previews for about 8,000 of them so far, and my library is a whopping 70GB at this point!!
Does anyone have any idea how large a "Lightroom Previews.Irdata" file can be? Should I just make sure to back it up constantly, and then get ready for lightroom to explode once it reaches a certain point?
OUT OF CURIOSITY, what is the most effective way, if any, of somehow splitting up this database into several smaller more manageable databases? All of my files are in the DNG format...if I choose to export the XMP data to the files, then close down Lightroom, copy a large folder full of images (about 1/4 of the total number of images) off to my secondary computer and import them from there into a new Lightroom Database file on that machine, while making sure to remove those images from the original 70GB database...would an approach like this make any sense? Would this effective accomplish the task of splitting up the database into pieces, and all the while maintain all of the adjustments and settings I applied to the images in the initial 70GB database? Is there a more effective way of going about this?
Any suggestions or comments would be sincerely appreciated...Thanks!

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bare-bones secure zero-overwritten drive, correct partition map, reformat, new install.
Then, there should be no doubt if there was an odd problem in the software, only.}
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+there is an engine, fuel, battery... At least I know yours runs!+
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(I assume develop settings are triggers regardless)
Each publish service is free to override the defaults, and some definitely do.
That said, I too believe there are bugs in this - I have the opposite problem: files are getting marked for republish which should NOT be.
One thing to note: editing the original should never mark for republish unless the original is in the publish collection. If you are actually publishing the edited tiff output from Photoshop, then that should be what's in the published collection, and if nothing has changed from a publish service point of view (e.g. ratings, keywords, ... - note: image data is not one of the items), it would be the "date created" which triggers it, so try changing that date and see if my theory is correct.
Hmm - it seems dateModified should be in there too, but it's not - hmm... (maybe that's the problem: date-created not changing (?))
Rob

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