Preserve "original" date when copying file?

I am using a Windows XP laptop and having a very small query. I want to copy some files on my drive but as we all know the date shown is the one when you copy any file or folder on the system. But I want to preserve the "original" date the file was created instead of the date it was copied. Is that possible?

If yes, please let me know how. Many Thanks.

Zip it, then unzip it to another location.

Install Cygwin

then

$ cp file1 file1copy
$ touch -r file1 file1copy

Cygwin makes XP liveable.

$ man touch

for other options, like you want to make up a date and time.

I use it to put the time a photo was taken on its *.jpg file.