I've been running SFFS 4.5 for a while now, and it's handled my simple backup syncing tasks splendidly. However, I've recently run into a problem: I've been asked by a family member to backup their hard drive, and they've specified they'd like an exact copy of it - including the "Date Created" and "Date Modified" fields remaining as they are.
I checked the "Adjust Folder Timestamps" box (in Advanced->Comparison->More), which retained the folder timestamps from the source drive ('Drive A') to the destination drive ('Drive B'). Unfortunately though, after the backup/sync process was completed, every file on 'Drive B' had a "Date Created" timestamp of the day I did the sync, and not the original dates that they had on 'Drive A'.
I thought I'd screwed up somewhere, so deleted everything from 'Drive B', rechecked the SFFS settings (they all seemed fine, I didn't change anything from the first run), and re-ran the sync process. This time, every file's "Date Created" field on 'Drive B' is exactly the same as 'Drive A'.
N.B: Since the above happened, I have experimented a few times with the same procedure, and it's the same every time. The first run produces folders with synced "Date Created" timestamps, but all the files have that day's date as their "Date Created" attribute. If I then run the sync process again SFFS shows no amendments to be made, so I have to manually delete the files through Windows Explorer and run the SFFS process a second time to get the files to show up with the correct "Date Created" timestamps.
Is this normal? Is it necessary to run the process, then delete the files, then run the process again for the "Date Created" timestamp to sync correctly - or am I doing something wrong? Perhaps I've overlooked an "Adjust File Timestamps" checkbox?
I imagine it's a simple fix, and I'm being a bit dim about it.
I'd like to know exactly how to do it in case I need this function again in the future.Thanks for reading (hope it makes sense!) - any help or advice greatly appreciated!
Matt.
