Importing large quantity of photos

I have over 3000 pictures saved on my HD. I would like some advice on importing this large quantity. Problems are: Many duplicate file names in different directories (they are currently named as they were in the camera), files saved as NEF and JPG in many cases. Need advise in setting up a naming convention for files and directories. Should I import leaving the original behind or renaming the original file. I do have a backup copy on a network drive.

Georage, have you worked these files in other programmes? If so I guess the NEF files have xmp side car files.
What I am doing now is converting on import all my files to DNG. For me this keeps LR straight forward.
I think you would be served by detailing on paper what you want ti have at the end file structure wise and work from there backwards to achieve it. Keep in mind that you are doing a one off thing with what you already have and will be looking at something that works in the future.
I keep my image files in date structure now:
Year
Month
Date with a name such as client, job, location
Keywords and IPTC data make it easy to find files by a more detailed description and search.
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