Lost .MTS folder structure, now what?

I'm pretty new to the Adobe programs, I recently switched from Pinnacle studio to Adobe Premiere Pro CS6. The video camera I am using is a Canon HF M50. I have really been struggling with my .MTS files, and after trying many different things I finally figured out that when I copy my files from the sd card to the hard drive you are suppose to copy the entire folder structure and not just the .MTS file. Well, I figured that out a little to late because most of my files are already on my hard drive without any of the folder structure. So I'm looking for advice on what I should do now. What are my options? Should I convert the files to a different format or is there any way to retrieve the structure of the files I am now missing? Thanks in advance for any help you can give me!

First I had problems with not having audio when importing clips but that is working now. My problem right now is some major lagging issues when scrubbing through the time line and viewing the clips. Premiere would then freeze sometimes and "not respond". When I would click on a clip and then in the upper left screen under metadata it gives you information about the file...my .mts files would say "uneditable" next to them. Its saying that because I do not have the entire folder structure.
I heard that a program called Clipwrap can help solve this issue but I believe its only for Macs? I'm running a PC..

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