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Hardware Forum / Storage / CD and DVD / November 2007Saving files to CD and retaining original file dates
Im having problems on my partners computer copying files from hard drive to CD. The file copies on the CD show the date copied not the original file date which is important to her. I know there must be away round it but am being lazy and asking here first! :o) Many Thanks for any help. . -------------------------------------- Mike Richter, were you born with "Scam Artist" emblazoned on your face? -------------------------------------- http://tinyurl.com/6eldj http://tinyurl.com/gqnae http://tinyurl.com/2qnvph http://tinyurl.com/38wte6 (No Mikey S-Lickers have been able to prove ANY of the above is a ) (LIBEL -- despite Mikey claimed to have PROOF of libels & misquotes!) ' > Im having problems on my partners computer copying files from hard > drive to CD. The file copies on the CD show the date copied not the > original file date which is important to her. What software (and its full version number) are you using for copying? It should not change the "Modified" date. ========================== Subject: Easy CD Creator's Timestamp Problem on Windows 2000/XP Date: 3/29/03 Timmy Kroesen ("Net-Trash") moaned: > > I'd assume other issues take precedence; > not much of a bug IMO anyway... How 'bout I nab your penis and smash it with a hammer, motherf..ker! LOL !!! LOL !!! LOL !!! ======================= It would help if we knew what operating system was involved in this and exactly what process was used to copy these files. Also, if there are a large amount of files involved, do you want any backup recommendations? > Im having problems on my partners computer copying files from hard > drive to CD. The file copies on the CD show the date copied not the [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Many Thanks for any help. Windows Vista and using a straight copy and paste from a hard drive folder to the CDR. Any help appreciated. > It would help if we knew what operating system was involved in this and exactly > what process was used to copy these files. [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > - Show quoted text - Sorry, but I'm running Windows XP Pro and I don't presently have access to a Vista system to test its behavior. I did find this website which describes the Vista procedure: http://itsvista.com/2006/12/itsvista-tip-10-how-to-burn-a-cd-with-vista This article states that the procedure is virtually identical to how it works in XP. If that's the case, you are not making a direct copy & paste to the CD media. The files are placed in a temporary folder until you're ready to burn them. This has no effect on your file date issue. It appears that there is no method to force the actual file dates to be maintained during these procedures. There is another method, called packet-writing, which requires additional 3rd party software. This would allow you to drag & drop files directly to the burner, but I don't recommend it. Have you considered using USB thumb drives or installing an external USB drive? These would allow one to utilize scheduled backup utilities where file dates are maintained. I use an external 160 GB USB drive for all of my backups, scheduled and non-scheduled. I use Arconis True Image for bi-weekly backups of my various partitions and it also does my e-mail files and data files on a daily basis. My financial program backs up to it after every usage. In the past, I've used NTbackup for data files and Outlook Backup for e-mail, but Acronis now does these now. The nice thing about having an external drive to store all the backups is that I can take it with me when I travel or in case of an emergency. And if the system hard drive fails, I can recreate all partitions and current data to a new drive. So my main point is this, for backup of critical files, I don't like to rely on a manual system especially one that requires the use of re-writable CD media...I've had cases where the data just disappeared too many times. HTH & Good luck! Windows Vista and using a straight copy and paste from a hard drive folder to the CDR. Any help appreciated. On Nov 21, 10:31?am, "David Webb" <dwebb...@earthling.net> wrote: > It would help if we knew what operating system was involved in this and exactly > what process was used to copy these files. [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > - Show quoted text - > Im having problems on my partners computer copying files from hard > drive to CD. The file copies on the CD show the date copied not the [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Many Thanks for any help. I don't know what you are using. My Record Now has an option under advanced to retain original or use date burned. The former is the default. I imagine other packages will either offer that option or simply not change the date. It looks like you are using the native windows burning utility. I had problems with that in winxp. If you don't have a burning program I used to have good luck with burn4free but you would have to try it to see if it messes with date/time stamp. Dave Cohen |
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