Vista Tutorial - getting the real date created

04-29-2008

Hi,

Is there anyway to get the real date a file was created. It appears
that whenever a file is copied the date created is modified. I have
been given several files and asked what the date that they were
originally created is, despite them being copied many times. Can it be
done? How?

Thank you,
Nik

04-29-2008

No, this cannot be done. The date the file was "created" when it's copied
is the date it was copied to the destination computer. Creating the copy is
creating the file for the first time so that's the date assigned. That's
how it's been since I can remember. There are tools that can preserve
(i.e., artificially set) the created date when a file is copied but these
tools can't go backwards and recover it.

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Quote:

> Hi,
>
> Is there anyway to get the real date a file was created. It appears
> that whenever a file is copied the date created is modified. I have
> been given several files and asked what the date that they were
> originally created is, despite them being copied many times. Can it be
> done? How?
>
> Thank you,
> Nik

04-29-2008	#1 (permalink)
nik Guest n/a posts	getting the real date created Hi, Is there anyway to get the real date a file was created. It appears that whenever a file is copied the date created is modified. I have been given several files and asked what the date that they were originally created is, despite them being copied many times. Can it be done? How? Thank you, Nik
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04-29-2008	#2 (permalink)
Richard G. Harper Guest n/a posts	Re: getting the real date created No, this cannot be done. The date the file was "created" when it's copied is the date it was copied to the destination computer. Creating the copy is creating the file for the first time so that's the date assigned. That's how it's been since I can remember. There are tools that can preserve (i.e., artificially set) the created date when a file is copied but these tools can't go backwards and recover it. -- Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] rgharper@xxxxxx * NEW! Catch my blog ... http://msmvps.com/blogs/rgharper/ * PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups * The Website - http://rgharper.mvps.org/ "nik" <nikbaer@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:a5f05119-2ad7-4a19-bc66-aa322718d54c@xxxxxx Quote: > Hi, > > Is there anyway to get the real date a file was created. It appears > that whenever a file is copied the date created is modified. I have > been given several files and asked what the date that they were > originally created is, despite them being copied many times. Can it be > done? How? > > Thank you, > Nik
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