Hi Kenneth,

>I agree with Sergey. It preserved the attributes for me as well.
>Maybe you're using a handle on the command that is causing it to change.
>Try it with no handles. What happens?

Ok, I think we're getting there...

I've just tried XCOPY *.* D:\ where the original files have various dates, and all the files on the destination drive d:\ have the date and timestamp that I copied them!

When I try XCOPY *.* \TEMP (ie. copy to another folder on the same drive), the dates and times are preserved.

So I guess my next problem is to find a way of being able to copy to another drive, but still preserving the original info.

Regards,
Alan