Well, this info helped and I have backed up my catalog to a Network Drive. Now I am really learning some things tho...LR Catalog is only 8 MB and I have 4-5'' MB of JPegs. Does the Catalog really store the photos or only data about them? Yes, just the data, the images are left where Lr found them when you imported.
Do I need to backup the photos from Explorer to my network drive as well?
[COLOR=#''''ff]Yes, this is a crucial part of the backup process. Unfortunately, as yet, Lr offers no support for this. Most folks use some sort of specialized third party back-up or file sync'ing s/w for thi[/COLOR]s.
Obviously, just getting the concepts of LR. Tried to find a local class but without luck...obviously needed. Have been watching tutorials and reading doc, but your guidance is still required. Many thanks, B