[QUOTE] You can do the same thing in LR. And, what is the biggie about running an Import and deleting on a first run through?[/QUOTE] Just less detritus to remove later. I'm a clutter collector once stuff is on my system it tends to remain with me from system to system. So if a photo makes it to the HD, it will make it to the TM and will make it to the Drobo. So it's nice to clear the crap before it gets past the gate. That said, I do offload large single sets of photos to DVD - in turn, unfortunately, setting off a requirement to dupe those sets every 5 years. I really need to order some "gold" archive DVD's. OTOH I believe we'll be seeing true permanent storage by 2015. Though I have over the last year begun deleting DMG's once the install or data is proven. [QUOTE] BTW, the preferred designation is RAW, not raw, unless you really do shoot in the buff.[/QUOTE] Raw is an adjective. Each manufacturer has a TLA for their particular raw container(s).