Move images from PC to iPhoto

What's the best way to import mall my pictures from my XP Pro machine over to a Mac with iPhoto and STILL keep them organized in a similar fashion as they are on the PC?
I have about 33.5 GB of photos in my My Pictures folder, all in folders that are sort of what I use to organize them into "albums" in Picasa.
Is there a good way to do this?

James
Start at the bottom of your Hierarchy and drag the folders of images to the left hand (or source) pane in iPhoto. iPhoto will import the pics and create albums and film rolls with the same name as the Folder.
You can then create your enclosing folders in iPhoto (File -> New Folder) and drag the albums to the folders. You can also have nested folders too.
Remember, if you're folder hierarchy is date based, then it's probably redundant in iPhoto. To find the pics from a particular day, month, or year clicking on the date in the calendar too (lower left in the iPhoto Window) will do this for you.
If you're concerned about how to find your files: There are three ways (at least) to get files from the iPhoto Window.
1. Drag and Drop: Drag a photo from the iPhoto Window to the desktop, there iPhoto will make a full-sized copy of the pic.
2. File -> Export: Select the files in the iPhoto Window and go File -> Export. The dialogue will give you various options, including altering the format, naming the files and changing the size. Again, producing a copy.
3. Show File: Right- (or Control-) Click on a pic and in the resulting dialogue choose 'Show File'. A Finder window will pop open with the file already selected.
Rolls in the iPhoto Window (View -> Film Rolls) correspond exactly with the Roll Folders in the Originals Folder in the iPhoto Library Folder. You can move photos between Rolls, you can rename rolls, edit them, create them, as long as you do it via the iPhoto Window. Check out the Info Pane (wee 'i', lower left) the name and date fields are editable. Edit a Roll Name using the Info Pane, the Roll Folder in iPhoto Library Folder/Originals will also have the new name.
Regards
TD

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