What does importing achive do exactly? A few questions...

Last year I imported (using "import all") all the videos from my HD camcorder into iMovie. The total size is over 130 gb. I recently bought a huge external HDD so I can transfer it there since I don't know what I'll be doing with the original video.
Any ways, I need to delete all the content from my camcorder so I can use to record in the near future. But I'm afraid the import I made will only be compatible with iMovie. I want to have the video recordings work on Windows just in case (some of my other relatives use it) and to other video editing software.
A helpful person on this forum suggested I import it as "archive all" because it will make an exact copy of all the original content in the HD camcorder to the external HDD so I can use at any time.
Will there be any problems with that? I already got a head start and I'm currently importing the "archives" to the external HDD. Thanks in advance.

You received good advice. You will have an exact copy of the files on your camera. You can import it later into iMovie or to most movie apps that support your camera.
If there is an editor that will not import the archive, you can always create a disk image with disk utility and drag your archived files there. Then it looks exactly like a camera.

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