Using USMT to manually backup to USBHD and Keeping File Dates

Question

I am currently using USMT as a method of backing up user data in a corporate environment before a migration to windows 7.  in out process we are just using the tool to perform the backup portion and calling USMT from a batch file manually.  We
are not using the loadstate function as we like to keep the new user profiles clean and avoid loading setting that are not required, and in our batch file i have set the "/nocompress" option so scanstate.exe creates a folder structure inthe backup
store folder that gets created on our External usbhd's.  This process is working well for us as we can quickly see what data was backed up and only copy back the data needed.  The only issue is the files dates on all data is set to the time and date
that scanstate.exe is run and we would like to have the dates saved with the files as using have requested this. (even a manual copy and paste will keep the date).  I have looked into the "includeAttributes" function but when i attempt to use
this any data that would have been backed up before making the change is now skipped completely.  The documentation on the use of this function i find minimal and i also have not found much help searching message boards.  I am using MigDocs.xml,
MigApp.xml, and a custom.xml that has some custom includes and excludes.  If someone can give me some help or point me to somewhere i can get better info with saving file dates using USMT that would be appreciated.
thanks.

Answer 1

Thank you for your reply, but I have read that thread many times as it seems to be the only one I can find that references the "includeAttributes" function. I have attempted to use the feature as described but can not get it to function. Any file
<pattern type> listed in the <objectset> </objectset> area are skipped entirely when using it.  If I set the <includeAttributes attributes="Timefields"> back to the standard <include> the data will backup again
but with date set to time scanstate.exe was run. I can include my custom.xml for reference.  I'm hopeing that someone can post a working example that I can reference to figure out what I'm doing wrong. 
Thanks.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<migration urlid="test">
  <library prefix="MigSysHelper">MigSys.dll</library>
    <_locDefinition>
        <_locDefault _loc="locNone"/>
        <_locTag _loc="locData">displayName</_locTag>
    </_locDefinition>
  <component type="Documents" context="User">
    <displayName>custom includes and excludes user context</displayName>
    <role role="Settings">
        <rules context="User">
            <include>
                <objectSet>
                    <!--<pattern type="Registry">HKCU\Printers\* [*]</pattern>-->
                    <pattern type="Registry">HKCU\Network\* [*]</pattern>
                </objectSet>
            </include>
  </rules>
 </role>
 <role role="Data">
  <rules content="User">
   <include>
       <objectSet>
     <pattern type="File"> %CSIDL_STARTMENU%\* [*] </pattern>
        </objectSet>
   </include>
  </rules>
 </role>
  </component>
  <component type="Documents" context="System">
  <displayName>custom includes and excludes system context</displayName>
   <role role="Data">
  <rules context="System">
   <include> !-- <includeAttributes attributes="TimeFields"> This is where I would make the change --
    <objectSet>
     <pattern type="File">%CSIDL_COMMON_STARTMENU%\* [*] </pattern>
     <pattern type="File">%ProgramFiles32bit%\WordPerfect Office X3\Languages\EN\Macros\* [*]</pattern>
     <pattern type="File">%ProgramFiles32bit%\WordPerfect Office 12\Languages\EN\Macros\* [*]</pattern>
     <pattern type="File">%ProgramFiles32bit%\WordPerfect Office 11\Languages\EN\Macros\* [*]</pattern>
     <pattern type="File">%ProgramFiles32bit%\WordPerfect Office X3\Languages\EN\Template\* [*]</pattern>
     <pattern type="File">%ProgramFiles32bit%\WordPerfect Office 12\Languages\EN\Template\* [*]</pattern>
     <pattern type="File">%ProgramFiles32bit%\WordPerfect Office 11\Languages\EN\Template\* [*]</pattern>
     <pattern type="File">%WINDIR%\Fonts\* [*]</pattern>
    </objectSet>
   </include>  !--</includeAttributes> --
   <unconditionalExclude>
                <objectSet>
     <pattern type="File">c:\i386\* [*]</pattern>
                    <pattern type="File">c:\NDPS\* [*]</pattern>
     <pattern type="File">c:\Novell Client *\* [*]</pattern>
     <pattern type="File">c:\MININT\* [*]</pattern>
     <pattern type="File">c:\SwSetup\* [*]</pattern>
     <pattern type="File">c:\lexmark\* [*]</pattern>
     <pattern type="File">c:\Quarantine\* [*]</pattern>
     <pattern type="File">c:\Xerox\* [*]</pattern>
     <pattern type="File">c:\Compaq\* [*]</pattern>
     <pattern type="File">c:\Intel\* [*]</pattern>
     <pattern type="File">c:\Windows\Media\* [*]</pattern>
     <pattern type="File">c:\~data\* [*]</pattern>
     <pattern type="File">A:\*[*]</pattern>
     <pattern type="File">B:\*[*]</pattern>
     <pattern type="File">D:\*[*]</pattern>
     <pattern type="File">E:\*[*]</pattern>
     <pattern type="File">F:\*[*]</pattern>
     <pattern type="File">G:\*[*]</pattern>
     <pattern type="File">H:\*[*]</pattern>
     <pattern type="File">I:\*[*]</pattern>
     <pattern type="File">J:\*[*]</pattern>
     <pattern type="File">K:\*[*]</pattern>
     <pattern type="File">L:\*[*]</pattern>
     <pattern type="File">M:\*[*]</pattern>
     <pattern type="File">N:\*[*]</pattern>
     <pattern type="File">O:\*[*]</pattern>
     <pattern type="File">P:\*[*]</pattern>
     <pattern type="File">Q:\*[*]</pattern>
     <pattern type="File">R:\*[*]</pattern>
     <pattern type="File">S:\*[*]</pattern>
     <pattern type="File">T:\*[*]</pattern>
     <pattern type="File">U:\*[*]</pattern>
     <pattern type="File">V:\*[*]</pattern>
     <pattern type="File">W:\*[*]</pattern>
     <pattern type="File">X:\*[*]</pattern>
     <pattern type="File">Y:\*[*]</pattern>
     <pattern type="File">Z:\*[*]</pattern>
    </objectSet>
   </unconditionalExclude>
  </rules>
    </role>
  </component>
</migration>