Copy Files/Folders Preserving Date/Timestamps

One of the greatest challenges in Windows XP seems to be the copying/moving files or folders by retaining/preserving their timestamps or dates, ie, Date Modified, Date Created or Date Accessed.

Well not necessarily. It's actually quite easy.

What you will do:

  • Install xxcopy - the awesome xcopy replacement for Windows
  • Fire up XP command line (Start -> Run -> cmd)
  • Type the following command:
    • xxcopy c:\source\*.* d:\destination\ /S /TC
    • (The above command will copy everything in c:\source directory to d:\destination. If you'd like Yes/No confirmation annoyance suppressed, add /YY after /TC)

Enjoy your newly copied files/folders!