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!

RonBere <RonBere@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>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 "**** Creek Paddle Store" and pick out a paddle.

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!

"Uncle Grumpy" wrote:

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

RonBere wrote:
> 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/

--
Joe =o)

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!

"Elmo" wrote:

> RonBere wrote:
> > 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/
>
> --
> Joe =o)
>

RonBere <RonBere@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>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.

"RonBere" <RonBere@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
>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?

--
Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]

a lesson your mother should have observed.



mikeyhsd@comcast.net



"Uncle Grumpy" <unclegrumpy@ameritech.net> wrote in message news:9url23tk4ffrh980h7k7gq38qrof71ifvu@4ax.com...
RonBere <RonBere@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>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.

> 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

In news:E71069C9-C2A6-44B9-B2FE-41B555DF483F@microsoft.com,
RonBere <RonBere@discussions.microsoft.com> hunted and pecked:
> 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!
>
> "Uncle Grumpy" wrote:
>
>> You need to visit the "**** Creek Paddle Store" and pick out a paddle.

"Rock" <Rock@nospam.net> wrote in message
news:OxqNxVKhHHA.5044@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> "RonBere" <RonBere@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
>>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?
>
> --
> Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]
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

Jim wrote:
> "Rock" <Rock@nospam.net> wrote in message
> news:OxqNxVKhHHA.5044@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>
>>"RonBere" <RonBere@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
>>
>>>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?
>>
>>--
>>Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]
>
> 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

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.

"Bill Sharpe" wrote:

> Jim wrote:
> > "Rock" <Rock@nospam.net> wrote in message
> > news:OxqNxVKhHHA.5044@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> >
> >>"RonBere" <RonBere@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
> >>
> >>>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?
> >>
> >>--
> >>Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]
> >
> > 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
>

"RonBere" <RonBere@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
> 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.

--
Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]

"RonBere" <RonBere@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote

>> 3) Buy about a dozen paddles at that paddle store for the next time I
>> ignore lessons 1 and 2

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