Copy file to new hard drive, what is left behind?


  1. Posts : 23
    Windows 7 32bit
       #1

    Copy file to new hard drive, what is left behind?


    Hello everyone

    Sorry that I am posting something similar yesterday, but I have tried to formulate it better this time. Hope I will get some more help.

    File A
    This file is created in 2010 and modified in 2012.
    File A
    Created: 2010
    Modified: 2012
    Accessed: 2012

    File B
    This file is a copy of file A, and is copied in 2014. When you copy a file, the copy-date becomes the ‘created’ and ‘accessed’ date.
    File B
    Created: 2014
    Modified: 2012
    Accessed: 2014

    Now we copy file B to ANOTHER hard drive, in 2015, and the new file on the other hard drive we call file C.
    File C
    Created: 2015
    Modified: 2012
    Accessed: 2015

    File A and file C is on DIFFERENT hard drives.
    Can file C be remade into the 2010 (first) version of file A? Before file A was modified.
    Does file C contain any information about the 2010 (first) version of file A? For example the date, 2010?
    Does file C contain any data about the 2010 (first) version of file A?


    Thank you for answering

    Best regards
      My Computer


  2. Posts : 2,774
    Windows 7 Professional 64-bit
       #2

    Somebody told me that MS Office Suite often contains a history of changes made within a file; now, whether those changes point to the previous file[s], don't know.
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  3.    #3

    The best way to work with previous file versions is using the feature in System Restore for Previous Versions - Restore Files and Folders - Windows 7 Help Forums

    To rely on older file version, apportion more space on the hard drive for System Protection and set up Windows Backup to incrementally backup files as often as you think you'd need.
    System Protection - Change Disk Space Usage
    Backup User and System Files

    I hope this helps. It may be better to act proactively than to try to parse the mysteries of how Windows dates files.
      My Computer


  4. Posts : 23
    Windows 7 32bit
    Thread Starter
       #4

    But anyone has no idea about:
    Both files are on different hard drives
    Does file C contain any information about the 2010 (first) version of file A? For example the date, 2010?
    Does file C contain any data about the 2010 (first) version of file A?
    Not even in file C's coding?
      My Computer


  5. Posts : 23
    Windows 7 32bit
    Thread Starter
       #5

    Or is there somehow a method to open the file in command prompt ect. to see more info about it?
      My Computer

  6.    #6

    Look on the file Properties for Previous Versions to restore. That is all I know to suggest.
      My Computer


 

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