Any way to burn data with the creation dates intact?

[Heiji1412]

Hello~

 

I have EMC 8, when I first got it, I did a bit of looking around here, from what I gather, D2D (packet writing) is a bad idea when it comes to backing up your data. I have since stopped using D2D (granted I have quite a few and resorted to using Nero and Creator Classic.

 

One thing that always bugged me when using Nero/Creator Classic to burn data (compared to D2D) is the dates on the Properties window, the dates for "Created" and "Modified" is the same, and it's not that way when I look at the Properties window on the original file on my Hard Disk!

 

Yes, I realise that the integrity of the data disc burned with Creator Classic far outweighs something trivial as this, but I was wondering if there is a way to burn Data Discs with the "Created" date stamp intact, making a perfect duplicate of the files on the Hard Disk?

 

And I also realise that this is pointless at best, but over 90% of discs I burned are just data discs, so I appreciate anyone out there taking the time to read this and reply...

 

Thank You~

[gi7omy]

I just did a test on this and it holds the original dates (I used an old Windows 98 set of files)

 

Open a folder and copy your files into it - go to Creator Classic and add files. Then select 'Burn' and write an iso image file to the hard drive. This way the original dates are maintained.

 

Open the new iso with Disc Copy, burn to CD and everything should transfer and still hold the properties

[Heiji1412]

Will give it a try, thanks~

[SunScapes]

Hello~

 

I was wondering if there is a way to burn Data Discs with the "Created" date stamp intact, making a perfect duplicate of the files on the Hard Disk?

 

Thank You~

 

HI,

 

Before Adding the files to be burned to Disc, you can configure EMC 8 to use original dates instead of the date burned.

the MS Toolbar...

Click Tools|Options;

Advanced Tab; The Time and Date setting has choices you can tick off.

 

You may also be able to change the Date/Time setting on the main options from the HOME button in EMC8.

I'm sorry I don't have it installed at the moment so I can't check........ but there are options settings ... just look around in the program you're using to burn within EMC8.

[Heiji1412]

Finally had the chance to test this out.

 

Unfortunately, however, it doesn't work, the "Created" dates are still changed to being the same as the "Modified" dates (yes, the modified dates are the same as the original file, but that wasn't the problem).

 

Yes, the option of using original dates is set to yes

 

Anyway, here is what I did, following gi7omy's instructions, I added files and created an image using Creator Classic, then burned the .c2d image using the Burn Image in EMC.

 

Any other ideas? Nero has the option of editing the volume creation dates manually, but it's for the entire volume, not for individual files, so might as well not bother...