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by tggriffin
23 Jan 2020, 23:04
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Preserving dates and times of directories
Replies: 35
Views: 19252

Re: Preserving dates and times of directories

I took a look at one of the servers I migrated using FFS in the fall. The create date attribute of destination migrated folders was maintained from the source using FFS. Nirsoft's FolderTimeUpdate will only change the last mod time of the folder based on the timestamp of the latest file in the ...
by tggriffin
23 Jan 2020, 17:02
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Preserving dates and times of directories
Replies: 35
Views: 19252

Re: Preserving dates and times of directories

I used the Nirsoft tool directly on my server prior to cutover in September with no issues (no deleted or duplicative files/folders) and no grumbling from users post-cutover. My largest folder tree was about 9TB and ~9m files/folders) and folder dates mods completed in a few hours. I did run scan ...
by tggriffin
25 Aug 2019, 23:52
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Preserving dates and times of directories
Replies: 35
Views: 19252

Re: Preserving dates and times of directories

+ 1 on this feature and an update to the thread. I love the tool for migrating tons (30TB+) to new servers in rapid fashion, but would love having the folder modify date sync as well. I am testing the Nirsoft tool as my users will flip out if folder mod dates do not reflect the mod dates on current ...