importing images/PC

I'm sorry, I'm just not getting the logic behind importing images into LR.I Do I first copy the images to my hard drive and then import to Lightroom? Do the images actually reside in LR or in a location that can always be accessed by Lightroom. When I try to bring images in from a cd I keep getting a message that the folder is empty. I can open them in Adobe Bridge, so I know they're there. I'm a right-brain painter not a photographer but I'm hoping that Lightroom will help me organize a growing and important body of reference material. I don't want to stop using this program before I even get started.
importing images/PC
%26gt; Do I first copy the images to my hard drive and then import to Lightroom?



That's what I do, though you can do it through LR.



%26gt; Do the images actually reside in LR or in a location that can always be accessed by Lightroom.



They end up wherever you want them to end up on your hard disk.



%26gt; When I try to bring images in from a cd I keep getting a message that the folder is empty.



What type of images? LR doesn't handle nearly the number of image types that bridge does.

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