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Raistlin · 25-05-2010, 20:24

The text/image/whatever is copied to the 'clipboard'. This is a virtual construct and part of the operating system. The data will either be held temporarily in the memory of your computer or cached to the hard drive (depending on its size).

If it's stored in the memory then the memory allocated to it will be overwritten according to the priority of the other things you're doing, so if the computer needs the memory for something else then the data may get cached out to the drive.

If at any stage (either initially, or down the line) it gets written to the drive it will remain on that area of the drive until such time as your Operating System chooses to overwrite it.

Generally speaking though when the Operating System no longer requires the copied data it will mark the area that's been used to store it (either the memory, or the hard disk) as 'free' and it will be overwritten as required.

Short Answer: You shouldn't need to worry about managing these copied fragments of data, your Operating System will take care of that for you.

25-05-2010, 20:24	#2
Raistlin Inactive Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: There's no place like 127.0.0.1 Services: Depends on the person and the price they're offering Posts: 12,384	Re: Help needed please The text/image/whatever is copied to the 'clipboard'. This is a virtual construct and part of the operating system. The data will either be held temporarily in the memory of your computer or cached to the hard drive (depending on its size). If it's stored in the memory then the memory allocated to it will be overwritten according to the priority of the other things you're doing, so if the computer needs the memory for something else then the data may get cached out to the drive. If at any stage (either initially, or down the line) it gets written to the drive it will remain on that area of the drive until such time as your Operating System chooses to overwrite it. Generally speaking though when the Operating System no longer requires the copied data it will mark the area that's been used to store it (either the memory, or the hard disk) as 'free' and it will be overwritten as required. Short Answer: You shouldn't need to worry about managing these copied fragments of data, your Operating System will take care of that for you.