windows file copy question

[skisteven1]

Hi all,

Is there a way that anyone knows of to copy a file and preserve the original file creation date? I'm getting a new computer today, and I'd like to copy over all of my documents w/o losing all this information. Many times it is useful to sort files by creation date, and if I copy the files directly with explorer (or even with xcopy), it seems that this information doesn't come with.

Any ideas?

 

[corkyg]

When you copy a file, that only changes the date modified, not the date created. The normal Explorer dispolay does not show the creation date, but it is there. Right click the file, select PROPERTIES, and those dates are listed separately.

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