Import - Add to catalog won't maintain file structure

Deaar all,
I use Lightroom 4.3 on Mac OS-X 10.8.3. I recentrly clean-reinstalled the computer.
I copy my images from a memory card onto my harddrive. My folder structure looks like this:
.../<user>/Fotos/<year>/<month>/<date-event>/<images>.
Before reinstalling I could just import my images into Lightroom by adding to the catalog and the Folder structure in Lightroom would be the same as on the drive.
Now, if I try to import images, Lightroom creates in its catalog (the left of the Library window) new folders "on top of" the existing 'Fotos' folder. So I end up with something that looks like:
<Drive>
<Year>
   <Month>
Fotos
   <Year>   (can be the same as above)
       <Month> (can be the same as above)
When I try to show the parent folder, I get an error message at the top level (also shown the folder hierarchy where I want 2013-03 in the Fotos hierarchy):
What do I need to do to make Lightroom duplicate the folder structure on-disk during import?
Thank you for your help,
Karel

Indeed, I did change the user name from karel (backup) to Karel (current install).
Magic! I moved the Fotos folder to a new folder, let Lightroom find the missing top level Fotos folder and tried to import the march directory: it is in the right place!
I will just let it render the previews, then move the Fotos folder to where it was, point Lightroom to the new locatiion again and all should be well!
Thanks a lot!
Karel

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