Keywords and virtual copies

Can someone confirm this behaviour?
I created a virtual copy of a shot, changed some develop settings, edited in PS5, saved and looked at my keyword list: the hierarchical (sub) keywords from the original are after returning to LR promoted to top level keywords. Forcing me to correct by hand all the keywords of that copy
Mac OS X latest version, LR 3.2

Thanks for the help. Sorry to be thick here, I was able to create a folder on the K: (target drive), moved the file and all the data went with it perfectly. A great solution!
But when I went to create the next folder, it asked for the name of the folder instead of letting me browse and it automatically made whatever folder I wanted to create a child of whatever folder I had selected. I tried everything I could think of, but it just keeps doing that
Am I doing something wrong? It doesn't seem to let me create any more folders by browsing. Thanks.

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