No Lightroom import of .thm files

Hi,
I have started using Lightroom 1.0 with an initial import using "Import Photos at their Current Location". Everything went fine.
However, I tried importing photos directly from my memory cards, using "Copy Photos to a new location and Import". Pictures look fine in LR, but no .thm files were in fact imported in the folders ! Is there a way to activate this ? If not, why is this functionnality disabled ?
Thanks for your help,
Belle-Isle

>>I'm curious as to why you'd need or want those files at all now?
>
>They not only contain the thumbnail/preview for the Canon RAW file,
>they contain metadata.
Precisely.
I was never really fond of them either. I always wondered why Canon did not gather everything in one file. Nevertheless, they do contain valuable previews AND data, and when I download my memory card and archive my raw shots, I want to make sure that I take along eerything that was generated by my camera. Then I can work with only the .crw file, but at least the rest is correctly stored somewhere.
As for the DNG format, I find it really good, but according to the few tests I've done, it does not contain all the metadata I had in the Canon raw files. If it did, I'd gladly switch over ! But for the same reason, I don't want to discard valuable information before it's safely backed-up.
Whatever the reason for keeping them, does anybody know of a way to have Lightroom download these .thm files ?
Belle-Isle

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