Hai
> OK, DOS geezers
I am not a DOS geezer. I'm a Win32 Command Processor geezer.
> Would like to retain (or recreate) original folder/directory creation dates in copying thousands of nested folders
I don't know the answer, but I've typed "copy directory tree preserving date stamp" into Google and it came up with
http://www.download32.com/last-modi...
and if you scroll down to 12Ghosts FileDate, it says in its description: "You can preserve date modified for a complete folder tree easily, for example after restoring files from a backup." Sounds like what you need.