Restore files inadvertently cleared from Clipboard

[Guest]

I copied a bunch of pictures to the clipboard and inadvertently (read dumb
mistake) said "yes" to clear the clipboard before I pasted them. Is there
any way to recover these pics? They are not in the trash bin....
Any suggestions would be very much appreciated.
Thanks!

 

[Uncle Grumpy]

I copied a bunch of pictures to the clipboard and inadvertently (read dumb
mistake) said "yes" to clear the clipboard before I pasted them. Is there
any way to recover these pics? They are not in the trash bin....

You need to visit the "Shit Creek Paddle Store" and pick out a paddle.

 

[Guest]

I've "been there, done that, got the t-shirt".... should have got a paddle
instead.... thanks for your quick reply, at least I got a laugh out of it!

 

[Elmo]

I copied a bunch of pictures to the clipboard and inadvertently (read dumb
mistake) said "yes" to clear the clipboard before I pasted them. Is there
any way to recover these pics? They are not in the trash bin....
Any suggestions would be very much appreciated.
Thanks!

Try this: Download and run Restoration or another Undelete program. The
more you use the hd with the deleted files, the more data you overwrite,
so you should download the program to a flash drive, or floppy.

http://www.snapfiles.com/get/restoration.html
http://www.recuva.com/

 

[Guest]

Yes, I am aware of the overwriting problem, so I am being as careful as I can
be. I will try an undelete pgm. Thanks for your suggestion!

 

[Uncle Grumpy]

Yes, I am aware of the overwriting problem, so I am being as careful as I can
be.

The MOST careful would be to cease ALL activity.

It might be too late.

 

[Rock]

I copied a bunch of pictures to the clipboard and inadvertently (read dumb
mistake) said "yes" to clear the clipboard before I pasted them. Is there
any way to recover these pics? They are not in the trash bin....
Any suggestions would be very much appreciated.

You're post is a bit unclear. If you "copied" them to the clipboard, then
there should be a source file that you copied from. Also the XP clipboard
only holds one item which is replaced when a another item is copied. So how
was it that you copied "a bunch of pictures"? What clipboard?

 

[mikeyhsd]

a lesson your mother should have observed.



(e-mail address removed)

Yes, I am aware of the overwriting problem, so I am being as careful as I can
be.

The MOST careful would be to cease ALL activity.

It might be too late.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

I've "been there, done that, got the t-shirt".... should have got a

paddle instead....

LOL Now that's good!

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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[Jim]

You're post is a bit unclear. If you "copied" them to the clipboard, then
there should be a source file that you copied from. Also the XP clipboard
only holds one item which is replaced when a another item is copied. So
how was it that you copied "a bunch of pictures"? What clipboard?

In addition, isn't the clipboard a memory data structure? If so, whatever
was in the clipboard went away when the
OP logged off.
Jim

 

[Bill Sharpe]

In addition, isn't the clipboard a memory data structure? If so, whatever
was in the clipboard went away when the
OP logged off.
Jim

I assume the OP "cut" the pictures to the clipboard rather than "copied"
them. If he really copied them they should still be on his HD.

Bill

 

[Guest]

Yes, it was a Cut, not a Copy - I misspoke in my post. Here is what I did.
I selected a group of pics from Picture Manager, did a right-click on a
folder to paste the pics, but the paste option was greyed out. So I just
closed Pic Mgr, at that point I answered Yes to clearing the clipboard
(should have said NO). I should have just done a copy from File Manager, but
I tried another approach and it didn't work. HOWEVER, there is good news as
I found a copy of the pics on a backup CD I did a while ago. Lessons learned:
1) Always back up important files
2) Use the proper procedures to copy files
3) Buy about a dozen paddles at that paddle store for the next time I ignore
lessons 1 and 2
4) I can always count MS forum users for good advice/admonishments/laughs.
Thanks to all who took the time to respond.

 

[Rock]

Yes, it was a Cut, not a Copy - I misspoke in my post. Here is what I
did.
I selected a group of pics from Picture Manager, did a right-click on a
folder to paste the pics, but the paste option was greyed out. So I just
closed Pic Mgr, at that point I answered Yes to clearing the clipboard
(should have said NO). I should have just done a copy from File Manager,
but
I tried another approach and it didn't work. HOWEVER, there is good news
as
I found a copy of the pics on a backup CD I did a while ago. Lessons
learned:
1) Always back up important files
2) Use the proper procedures to copy files
3) Buy about a dozen paddles at that paddle store for the next time I
ignore
lessons 1 and 2
4) I can always count MS forum users for good advice/admonishments/laughs.
Thanks to all who took the time to respond.

Glad you recovered the pics and thanks for posting back.

 

[Uncle Grumpy]

My stock in that company just went up $1 a share! ;-)