Windows 7, Lr5.7 how to view existing photos from a hard drive

I copy and paste my photos to a hard drive and then bring them into Lr to library and develop
but the
I just want to view them and deal with them as i like
but it wont let me access them from the harddrive
do they have to be in my c drive or do i have to only view them from my c drive and obviously they are in Lr

Ctrl-O makes no sense to me given the context of your situation, this is File->Open Catalog
I want to trf from want drive to another and i will be doing this
trf? What does that mean?
trf?
trf?
Oh, I think I know, you mean "transfer", don't you?
Can I make a request? We're trying to help you out, could you please help us out? Could you use proper spelling and complete sentences with proper punctuation and proper grammar, almost as if you were actually trying to communicate with us? Thank you!
But again, we have no context here. Transfer what? What point in the process is this transfer going to happen? You need to provide a much more complete explanation of this transfer that you want to accomplish.
upjumps the software
so I close it in 30 seconds it jumps back up and tries to snaffle the
file
There is no upjump function in Lightroom. There is no snaffle function in Lightroom. I have never heard these words, and it would be EXTREMELY helpful if you used more common computer terms to describe whatever it is this is describing.

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