Source file- ok to move clips in finder before ingested?

I haven't installed the new final cut Pro X yet -- however, I'm shooting and wondered if I can downloads clips for different projects, inadvertently shot on the same SD card, to my computer ( ie. like a virgin backup), and, from there, move some clips around finder to a different folders (i.e. different project folders -- assuming nothing is as yet "ingested" or imported as an "event"). Larry Jordan, Apple's guru, warns of importing partial cards -- but I think this means when you are actually ingesting directly into final cut's Events folders. This would simply be a "virgin" backup onto disk.
Beyond that, I wonder what happens if you decide to link-- and not copy files-- to the Final Cut X event folders. I'm guessing you have to be careful not to move anything around in the finder -- and how do you know what you ingested and what you didn't. But that's for a later date...!!
Thanks, Mary Love

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