Working with only specific AVCHD clips from a large media card?

I have a 64GB SDHC card with lots of AVCHD clips on them. I brought some into Premiere CS6 through the Media Browser to edit together, though I'm not sure what I want to do with them long term. Since they all reside on the card within the folder structure.
1. What is the best way to just copy specific files from the media card so I can work on them more later without having to copy over the entire 50-64GB folder of all the AVCHD files?
2. Is there a way to bring just the clips that I want to work with in CS6, convert them over into another format (lossless) so I can just use those clips again later?
Thanks.

Sometime you just got to try stuff.
ITs NLE (non destuctive) and you wont break it.
Spanned AVCHD clips are of a duration and file size that a single long continuous take may require two or more files to record. The AVCD folder structure has "bits" in it that facilitates this.
MOS = without sound. Therefore the video does not need to link to any other part of the AVCHD Folder Structure

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