Sorry for not getting back sooner, I've been bed-ridden with the flu :(īasically, I can get the data over (from the DAS to the NAS), but as soon as I add a file in the NAS (the new home of the copy folder), the date crated date changes (as well as date modified).įor now, I've been simply testing the process (and had given up - but now have some hope thanks to your tests!), as the actual folder structure and contents I need to move are approx 800GB. I know there's a flag for directory access I could try (NtfsDisableLastAccessUpdate) but I don't really want to do any Registry editing (8 different workstations access the data - a mix of W8, W7 and W7Pro) as that Just wondering if there's a way around it. so, as soon as a file isĪdded, it happily changes itself to match the attributes of the file just added (in terms of mod/creation). Then both mod/created are 'updated' as (somehow) the copy folder knows it wasn't really created on the date it's showing. What I suspect is happening is that the copy initially preserves mod/creatd dates until a file is added. I'd expect an new file addition inside it to only change the modify date but not change the creation date of the folder too. However, what confuses me is that both the modified and created attributes change when a file is added to the new folder.
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but suspected it was windows file system based. I was hoping there was something I was missing. Thanks again for the quick reply, and I will, of course, test Robocopy next. but I need to be able to add data within those folders and still maintain the folder's original creation date. I suspect Robocopy, as with Xcopy, will make a perfect copy/clone/mirror. I need to maintain the folder's date created (as a minimum) even when new data is added into it. the attributes then change to the exact time the new file was added. The issue comes when I add a 'new' file into one of these folders. but the method I'm using for Xcopy works perfectly (full copy of the nested folders, all data, and all folders have the 'source' attributes in terms of date created/modified etc). More info on the robocopy command is found here: You can use robocop it keeps your source date/time and you can keep links and attributes and ACLs (security).Īlso you can also use the /MIR command to mirror a directory structure completely but I can't be the only one to have seen/experienced this so I'm wondering if there is anything I'm missing or something that I can do (at least) to preserve the creation date of the folder when adding new data I presume this is Windows file system based. As soon as any file is added into that folder, it updates modified and creation to the time the file was written to the folder (ie XXtime ). but, as both modified and created dates change to the time the new file is added, it causes issues when finding specific nested folders via creation date.Įxample: Copy folder (done today via Xcopy) shows creation and modified date as per the source of. This is a problem as the folders will have new data added to them on an ongoing basis. not only the folder's modified date (which I was expecting) but also the date created folder. However (and this is where I am head scratching), as soon as any new data is added into the copy folder, it's attributes change.
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Meaning I can make a perfect copy with folder dates that match.
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thanks to this forum :) I've used Xcopy and worked out how to migrate the data and keep the all the new/copy folder's date created and modified attributes in line with the original/source. essentially the job is ongoing for another 6/7 months. Project, and it's important to be able to track and find specific info/folders via date created. I need to preserve the folder's date created and (if possible) modified attributes, as the data being copied is a WIP folder for a big CGI I have a drive that I need to copy all the data from and move to a larger drive (1TB DAS moved to a 6TB NAS device). Apologies for the title - I tried to encompass my problem.