How do I retrieve items that were copied before opening clipboard?

[5am]

Is this possible, as I lost a whole email I'd written when I went to attach
a document in hotmail. Although I copied the text before, because I used the
copy function a couple other times, I couldn't get the text back as I'd not
set the clipboard on.......!

 

[DeanH]

You may be luck, have you open the clipboard since? Is the text there? Even
though you did not open the clipboard, it still retains the "history" of
"copy"s.
If the text is not there, I am afraid that it has been lost.
I believe shutting down windows is when the clipboard is clear automatically.
Hope this helps
DeanH