Using RoboCopy

RoboCopy does not have that capability.

One of my audio utilities has a setting to preserve the original date despite the changes that are being made. Perhaps your video editor has the same capability?

Otherwise, you'll have to learn enough PowerShell scripting [or vbs] to read the date created of one file then write that to the properties of another file.
That's a lot of work just for one requirement.
Unless you are going to need to do this a frequently, it might well be better to install SKTimeStamp then, with both your source & destination folders open in File explorer windows so you can see both file lists at the same time, to manually read the created date of one file & use SKTimeStamp to manually set the date created of another.


Best of luck,
And thanks for the rep,
Denis

Hello @Kerpert and @JamesJoey,

When I first investigated creating a backup strategy [ Specific Folders ], apart from creating a System Image, I noticed that there were several different options available to me. Therefore, I have posted these different options for you in case they may help you too.

The different options available to me were XCopy, RoboCopy, TeraCopy, and even CMD Prompt?

Of course, it all depends on what you specifically want to do. I ended up using RoboCopy because it suits my needs.

Here are just a few links that you might find informative and useful . . .

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> XCopy - DocsMicrosoft
> XCopy - TechRepublic
> XCopy - SS64

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> RoboCopy - DocsMicrosoft
> RoboCopy - TechRepublic
> RoboCopy - SS64

NOTE:- To view RoboCopy Commands in a CMD Prompt, type robocopy /? and press Enter.

To output the Commands to a .txt file, type robocopy /? > %UserProfile%\Desktop\RoboCopy.txt. Obviously change the output Path to your own.

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> TeraCopy - CodeSector
> TeraCopy - Copying and Verifying Files - CodeSector

I have NOT personally used TeraCopy.

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> CMD Prompt - Copy - DocsMicrosoft
> CMD Prompt - How to Copy Files in CMD Prompt - WikiHow

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I hope this helps.

Hello @JamesJoey,

Try3 said:

ROBOCOPY "d:\datafiles" "e:\databackup" /E /XA:H /MIR /DCOPY:T /MT /R:10

I was interested in the command [ ... /E /XA:H /MIR /DCOPY:T /MT /R:10 ] that Denis posted, so I broke it down for you . . .

Code:

/E                       - Copy Subdirectories, including Empty ones.
/XA:[H = Hidden]         - eXclude files with any of the given Attributes set.
/MIR                     - MIRror a directory tree ( Equivalent to /E plus /PURGE ).
/DCOPY:[T = Timestamps ] - What to COPY for directories.
                           ( Default is /DCOPY:DA > D=Data, A=Attributes, T=Timestamps ).
/MT                      - Do Multi-Threaded copies with n threads ( Default is 8 ).
/R:[10]                  - Number of Retries on failed copies ( Default is 1 Million ).

It was more for curiosity than anything !

Kerpert wants to set the date of one file to that of another file- post #11.
It has nothing to do with RoboCopy.

Denis