The original list order:
The copies list order:
For example: "Harmonizing With Harps Green Sleeves" is supposed to appear after "I play Land Before Time" in the files list order because it's 1 second younger but it's before it. Quite a few files are scrambled. I don't understand this.
You need to use a copy program (like robocopy) that can be told to preserve the original source creation timestamp on the destination copy, and not generate a timestamp based on the recent copy.
Using the Windows file explorer won't work, it can't be told to do that when copying to a new filesystem.
Or just name your files starting with a two or three digit number indicating the order you want them to appear, and then sort by name. Then you can copy files as much as you want and the timestamp won't matter.
Yes, I see what you mean. I replicated the issue, but I don't yet have an explanation. I created a bunch of empty text files and then set the Date created just 1 second more for each one. The sort order in File Explorer was not correct For Date created whether I selected ascending or descending sort order. However, in Directory Opus, the order was correct. Just another example of something that Directory Opus does better than File Explorer.
Note: For anyone else replying, the OP isn't asking for a solution to retain Date created (the first assumption I made) but just wanting to understand what's going on with File Explorer and sorting by dates that only differ by a second.
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