How can I preserve creation date in a Copy?

I'm copying files from my old disk to my new Vista disk. How do I preserve
the Creation Date that was on the original files.

When I did this going from Win98 to WinME, it worked fine, but not from
WinME to Vista, which sets the Creation Date to today's date, which isn't
true.

John

"John" <John@TheStewartWeb.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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> I'm copying files from my old disk to my new Vista disk. How do I
> preserve the Creation Date that was on the original files.
>
> When I did this going from Win98 to WinME, it worked fine, but not from
> WinME to Vista, which sets the Creation Date to today's date, which isn't
> true.

Since nobody answers: XYplorer file manager can preserve the Creation Date.
But note: this feature will only be present in the coming up version 6.40!

http://www.xyplorer.com/ (not freeware, but 30-day free trial)

Don

Total Commander (File Manager Program) will allow you to keep the original
creation dates - if YOU choose the option among it hundreds of user
selectable preferences. By default, "it" also uses the current date when
transferring files/folders.

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)


"John" <John@TheStewartWeb.com> wrote in message
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> I'm copying files from my old disk to my new Vista disk. How do I
> preserve the Creation Date that was on the original files.
>
> When I did this going from Win98 to WinME, it worked fine, but not from
> WinME to Vista, which sets the Creation Date to today's date, which isn't
> true.
>
> John
>

I eventually found out that I needed to set the Vista Date to Date, not Date
Modified, which was apparently the default.

John

"Richard Urban" <richardurbanREMOVETHIS@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Total Commander (File Manager Program) will allow you to keep the original
> creation dates - if YOU choose the option among it hundreds of user
> selectable preferences. By default, "it" also uses the current date when
> transferring files/folders.
>
> --
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Richard Urban
> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
> (For email, remove the obvious from my address)
>
>
> "John" <John@TheStewartWeb.com> wrote in message
> news:A76dnR_QNquO-2PbnZ2dnUVZ_ournZ2d@centurytel.net...
>> I'm copying files from my old disk to my new Vista disk. How do I
>> preserve the Creation Date that was on the original files.
>>
>> When I did this going from Win98 to WinME, it worked fine, but not from
>> WinME to Vista, which sets the Creation Date to today's date, which isn't
>> true.
>>
>> John
>>
>