How can I stop Cmdr from changing file dates upon overwritin

[ShakenNotStirred]

I use Total Commander primarily to compare subdirectories, to overwrite files with newer versions. Unfortunately, if I choose to overwrite a file with an older one, it insists on changing the date on my CDRW disk with the current date and time. This only happens when writing from my harddisk to my CDRW drive, and I can't figure out how to stop it from modifying my file dates when I sometimes want to keep the dates the same as they were originally created. Help is appreciated.

ShakenNotStirred

[SanskritFritz]

You are probably using Adaptec DirectCD. The problem lies there, and there is no way in DirectCD to change it.

[ShakenNotStirred]

Actually, even when you delete Direct CD, or use Explorer to copy, the same thing happens. Why it updates the date on the CDRW drive, but not on copying to other harddisks, or subdirectories on a hardrive or network drive, I don't have a clue. I cannot find anything about a peculiarity of copying to a CDRW drive, so it must be buried in Windows OS. It makes copying files a real chore, because as soon as you copy a file, and compare files, the new copied file is automatically "newer" than the one copied, so you have to then copy it back onto the hard drive to make them equal, and you lose the original creation date, which makes archiving and searching almost impossible by date. Anyone else notice this on using the compare function?

Thanks.

ShakenNotStirred

[SanskritFritz]

Yes I agree. The only solution is to make the backup to a temp folder, and write to the CDRW using Nero or similar.