File dates on recorded cd -- please Help!!

[justme]

Using the built in CD Recording feature of XP, I copy my files over to the
cd. It copies them okay. I even copy over whole folders.

My question: Why does it change the creation date? If I copy a whole
folder, all the files in that folder now have the date and time of when I
recorded it, not the files original creation date. I would like to keep
the original creation date.

Is this possible?? I have looked all over in XP, but I can't find an
answer.

Please help!

[Crusty \(-: Old Bastard :-\)]

The date is when the file was created on the CD. You can't change it after
the fact!

"justme" > wrote in message
...
> Using the built in CD Recording feature of XP, I copy my files over to the
> cd. It copies them okay. I even copy over whole folders.
>
> My question: Why does it change the creation date? If I copy a whole
> folder, all the files in that folder now have the date and time of when I
> recorded it, not the files original creation date. I would like to keep
> the original creation date.
>
> Is this possible?? I have looked all over in XP, but I can't find an
> answer.
>
> Please help!

[justme]

Thanks for replying. I guess you're saying that there's no way to set an
option to keep the original date stamp of the file. Is that correct?
Thanks.

On Sat, 12 Apr 2003 19:25:25 -0400, Crusty (-: Old ******* :-)
> wrote:

> The date is when the file was created on the CD. You can't change it
> after
> the fact!
>
> "justme" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Using the built in CD Recording feature of XP, I copy my files over to
>> the
>> cd. It copies them okay. I even copy over whole folders.
>>
>> My question: Why does it change the creation date? If I copy a whole
>> folder, all the files in that folder now have the date and time of when
>> I
>> recorded it, not the files original creation date. I would like to keep
>> the original creation date.
>>
>> Is this possible?? I have looked all over in XP, but I can't find an
>> answer.
>>
>> Please help!
>
>
>

[Crusty \(-: Old Bastard :-\)]

None that I have found!

"justme" > wrote in message
...
> Thanks for replying. I guess you're saying that there's no way to set an
> option to keep the original date stamp of the file. Is that correct?
> Thanks.
>
> On Sat, 12 Apr 2003 19:25:25 -0400, Crusty (-: Old ******* :-)
> > wrote:
>
> > The date is when the file was created on the CD. You can't change it
> > after
> > the fact!
> >
> > "justme" > wrote in message
> > ...
> >> Using the built in CD Recording feature of XP, I copy my files over to
> >> the
> >> cd. It copies them okay. I even copy over whole folders.
> >>
> >> My question: Why does it change the creation date? If I copy a whole
> >> folder, all the files in that folder now have the date and time of when
> >> I
> >> recorded it, not the files original creation date. I would like to
keep
> >> the original creation date.
> >>
> >> Is this possible?? I have looked all over in XP, but I can't find an
> >> answer.
> >>
> >> Please help!
> >
> >
> >
>
>

[Patrick Keenan]

"justme" > wrote in message
...
> Thanks for replying. I guess you're saying that there's no way to set an
> option to keep the original date stamp of the file. Is that correct?
> Thanks.

IIRC, it depends on the CD burning software you're using. The XP bundled
software is limited in terms of options like this. Full-featured software
usually allows you to keep the original file date/time stamps, use the
current date/time, or set a specific date/time. The last option is useful
for identifying file set versions.

HTH
-pk


>
> On Sat, 12 Apr 2003 19:25:25 -0400, Crusty (-: Old ******* :-)
> > wrote:
>
> > The date is when the file was created on the CD. You can't change it
> > after
> > the fact!
> >
> > "justme" > wrote in message
> > ...
> >> Using the built in CD Recording feature of XP, I copy my files over to
> >> the
> >> cd. It copies them okay. I even copy over whole folders.
> >>
> >> My question: Why does it change the creation date? If I copy a whole
> >> folder, all the files in that folder now have the date and time of when
> >> I
> >> recorded it, not the files original creation date. I would like to
keep
> >> the original creation date.
> >>
> >> Is this possible?? I have looked all over in XP, but I can't find an
> >> answer.
> >>
> >> Please help!
> >
> >
> >
>
>