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General Software Discussion / Re: Keeping attributes and creation/modification dates when copying files/folders
« on: September 18, 2007, 01:01 PM »
I did a few more tests, and I don't think Robocopy does it, it only keeps the timestamps of files, folders' dates are completely ignored. At least it is able to copy files recursively, so it's better than SafeCopy Free.

Does anyone know of other alternatives? If not, it looks like I'll just have to continue using WinRAR to preserve the timestamps when moving directories across partitions.

Thanks to everyone for your help.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Keeping attributes and creation/modification dates when copying files/folders
« on: September 17, 2007, 06:30 PM »
Thanks for the suggestion. I don't think XXCOPY does what I want (see here: http://www.xxcopy.com/xxcopy30.htm, scroll to the bottom of the page and read the last paragraph), and it's command line only, which I'd rather avoid.

I've also tried a couple of GUIs for Robocopy from MS but I can't get it to retain the folders' timestamps, but I'm not sure if it's a limitation of the program itself or if I'm doing something wrong.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Keeping attributes and creation/modification dates when copying files/folders
« on: September 17, 2007, 10:43 AM »
SafeCopy Free!
-PhilB66 (September 17, 2007, 02:58 AM)
I've already tried that one, see above (third post in this thread).

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General Software Discussion / Re: Keeping attributes and creation/modification dates when copying files/folders
« on: September 17, 2007, 02:44 AM »
If moving to the same partition, Explorer will indeed keep both created and modified dates; however, when copying or moving to a different partition/physical disk, the creation date will be updated, I reckon it's because the files/folders are actually being rewritten, whereas when moving within the same partition they stay in the same clusters.

What I wanted was an app that could force the creation dates to stay the same regardless of where to I copy/move the files/folders.

EDIT: Actually, when MOVING between partitions, only the folders' creation date is updated, not the files'.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Keeping attributes and creation/modification dates when copying files/folders
« on: September 16, 2007, 04:40 PM »
I've done a few quick tests and unfortunately that's not quite what I'm looking for. It doesn't copy files recursively, and it only keeps the creation date if the original file is not read-only.

Still, it's better than nothing at all and it can certainly help in some specific situations, so thanks for your effort.

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