Copying date-specific files

I have a laptop with dual hdd's, which I need to reimage the system (primary hdd). On this primary hdd contains a folder with approx 60GB of data. I would like to copy onto the secondary hdd only the files created/modified within the last month. What is
the best way to do this? I've been unsuccessful using the robocopy and xcopy commands.
Thanks
Hank Vare

I've been unsuccessful using the robocopy and xcopy commands.
What robocopy command did you use?
What was the problem?
Why not use Windows Explorer to sort the files by date, then copy the relevant bunch to the second disk?

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