Cutting+pasting from different partitions messing up the folder timestamp

[Industrial One]

Since I switched back to my installation from my old HDD to this new computer, I've noticed a couple things different on here besides the relievingly faster speed and lack of malware: cutting a folder from a different partition/HDD onto this one updates the creation and mod dates to the current date, which I wanna avoid.

This didn't happen on my messed up partition or on a fresh VM install. Is this a customizable setting, if so where is it?

 

[Industrial One]

Then that's a new one on me. The ONLY time the folder date/timestamps have

NOT changed is if I cut and paste a folder within the SAME partition. And I

guess that makes sense, since if you move a folder to a new *partition* or

hard drive, you ARE creating a new folder, as far as it is concerned.

Correction, this anomaly happens on the fresh install as well. Its only on my installation that I'm running from which preserves timestamps correctly. I guess the default setup is to not preserve timestamps from different partitions/drives. Damn.