Want to move location of photos

I imported them without moving them.  So they're in the catalog.
How do I transfer them to the drive which contains the entire catalog.  (I should have hit "move" right?)

I hope your realize there's no requirement to have the photos on the same drive that contains the catalog
Nevertheless, you can move the photos using your operating system and then reconnect in Lightroom using: http://www.computer-darkroom.com/lr2_find_folder/find-folder.htm

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