Moving files/folders without modifying dates

Soldato
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Hi all, got a bit of a query here. I'm in the process of setting my new PC up, and part of that means copying masses of data from one lot of old HDDs to the new ones. I need to retain the created/modified etc dates of some of my files/folders; in the past I've found that Windows sometimes does this, but sometimes doesn't and other times will retain the dates for files but not for folders.

Anything out there that can do this effectively? Thanks.
 
Thanks, though I wouldn't even know where to start with that, to be honest. Was looking for something a little more straightforward!
 
WIndows + r
cmd
robocopy "c:\steve\desktop\misc" "d:\steve\desktop\misc2" /mir

BOOM
:)
works with network paths as well
 
Thanks, but just tried it and it isn't retaining the original folder dates/times.

Never mind, had another look at the page posted above and found the /dcopy:t option, seems to be doing the trick. Thanks for the help.
 
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