[Solved] Keep original creation date on files moved from one computer to another?

[mray88]

Hope this is an okay area for this question, if not apologies.

 

Recently got a new computer. I have thousands of documents I'm moving from my old computer to the new one. However, when I move them they're all dated the day you transfer them from one computer to the other, instead of keeping the original creation date of the file that's being moved. Is there any software that can do this sort of transfer so that you keep the original file dates that are shown on the old computer? It's much easier to find stuff when I can refer to the original creation date, that's why I'd like to be able to do this. I should mention, I'm dealing with a ton of documents so a solution that has you trying to do this one by one probably wouldn't work out.

 

Thank you for any ideas you can offer.

[mp68terr]

Don't have them at hand, but did you try apps like fastcopy (free, https://fastcopy.jp/en/) and teracopy (https://www.codesector.com/teracopy)?

[debebee]

robocopy

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robocopy

 

Here are some examples of usage. If more than one option is specified, they must be separated by spaces.

• Copy directory contents of Directory_A to Directory_B (including file data, attributes and timestamps), recursively with empty directories (/E😞

Robocopy C:\Directory_A C:\Directory_B /E

• Copy directory recursively (/E), copy all file information (/COPYALL, equivalent to /COPY:DATSOU, D=Data, A=Attributes, T=Timestamps, S=Security=NTFS ACLs, O=Owner info, U=Auditing info), do not retry locked files (/R:0) (the number of retries on failed copies default value is 1 million), preserve original directories' Timestamps (/DCOPY:T - requires version XP026 or later):

Robocopy C:\A C:\B /COPYALL /E /R:0 /DCOPY:T

• Mirror A to B, destroying any files in B that are not present in A (/MIR), copy files in resume mode (/Z) in case network connection is lost:

Robocopy C:\A \\backupserver\B /MIR /Z

If directory names have non-standard characters, such as spaces, they can be put in double quotes (as usual in command-line commands).

For the full reference, see the Microsoft TechNet Robocopy page

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/it-pro/windows-server-2008-R2-and-2008/cc733145(v=ws.10)?redirectedfrom=MSDN

 

 

[mray88]

10 hours ago, mp68terr said:

Don't have them at hand, but did you try apps like fastcopy (free, https://fastcopy.jp/en/) and teracopy (https://www.codesector.com/teracopy)?

 

10 hours ago, bayer said:

robocopy

 

Tried teracopy first and that worked right off the bat. Very much appreciate the suggestions!  Looking at 3000 transferred documents all with the same date on them was mind numbing.  

[DKT27]

Topic marked as solved.

 

Those not aware, it's called preserving the time stamp of the file. Some softwares allow or have specific options for them.