Computer help forum: Preserve the creation date of a word document

Thanks - I will have to try one of these products - I just thought there might be an easier way without having to get additional software but I guess not.

but if you copy that same file to another drive the creation date becomes the date you copied it rather than the date it was created or modified.

So Bob - if I understand correctly - if the document goes onto a memory stick and then put back onto a hard drive, it will preserve the original creation date - which is what I want to accomplish. As Edward pointed out, files that are put onto an external drive create a new file and that date becomes the new creation date and although that may be the way the program is supposed to work, that does me no good as I want to preserve the original date of when the file was first created. So outside of getting some type of outside program - is putting the file onto a memory stick the only alternative and if so, do I have to put them into a zip file or can I just copy them onto the memory stick. Thanks

within the file name.

VAPCMD

the VERSION of Windows you are using if using Windows or your OS if using something else.

If using Windows ROBOCOPY can do just what you want if you familiarize yourself with its switches.

Read through this link and the links the thread points you to:
http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r20186464-Copy-a-folder-and-retain-the-creation-date

XP retains file dates if using the mir switch but not for the directories but if you run the same command again even the directory dates are correct.