[Plugin: NextGEN Gallery] Import Folder – outside wordpress directory

My wordpress installation is in /wordpress, and thousands of images are in folders outside of my wordpress installation.

Is there something I can change so the import folder can look one step up the directory structure, starting at web root? (/)

Not sure what (or if) I can change something here:
addgallery php – line 227

<!– import folder –>
<div id=”importfolder”>
<h2><?php _e(‘Import image folder’, ‘nggallery’) ;?></h2>
<form name=”importfolder” id=”importfolder_form” method=”POST” action=”<?php echo $filepath.’#importfolder’; ?>” accept-charset=”utf-8″ >
<?php wp_nonce_field(‘ngg_addgallery’) ?>
<table class=”form-table”>
<tr valign=”top”>
<th scope=”row”><?php _e(‘Import from Server path:’, ‘nggallery’) ;?></th>
<td><input type=”text” size=”35″ name=”galleryfolder” value=”<?php echo $defaultpath; ?>” />
<?php _e(‘Import a folder with all images.’, ‘nggallery’) ;?>
<?php if (SAFE_MODE) {?>
<?php _e(‘ Please note : For safe-mode = ON you need to add the subfolder thumbs manually’, ‘nggallery’) ;?><?php }; ?></td>
</tr>
</table>
<div class=”submit”><input class=”button-primary” type=”submit” name= “importfolder” value=”<?php _e(‘Import folder’, ‘nggallery’) ;?>”/></div>
</form>
</div>