Being a prolific hobbiest, I just bought Lightroom2 and after reading Scott Kelby's book, I am importing all my photos from ONE folder (with subfolders) to import. Problem is that there are ~~it's okay if you laugh: my family is ~~ 160,000 images (and there are two more external harddrives to go). Organizing some of these photos was a goal but maybe it's a lost cause since after 8 hour of importing and a good night's sleep, it's only 18% done! This could take a week and perhaps it will blow up the software. I had planned on just importing as needed but the Kelby book seemed to indicate to do it all at once, unless I've misunderstood.
Any suggestions? Is there a better way? Do I really have to do it all at once to have it work more smoothly in the long run?
Thanks, Ginny