It is not a difficult question.
Most of you will answer like this: use thecut + pasteorcopy + pastecommands.
Relatively speaking,copy + pastecommands are safe since these commands create duplicates of the selected photos.
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But, you may lose your photos after usingcut + pastecommands.
So where do cut files go?
Is it possible to recover these cut photos?
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In this situation, the MiniTool software can help you out.
The following content will tell you how to use MiniTool software to do cut photo recovery.
c’mon keep on reading.

Besides, you have to stop using that drive as soon as possible for the same reason.
MiniTool Photo Recovery is an excellent choice.
Thus it can fully meet your demand to retrieve photos lost in cut and paste.

Some of you may have never used this software before and question the functionality of this software.
The free edition of this tool allows you to recover 200 MB files.
So, you could firstly download and install this free software to your box to have a try.

Step 1: initiate the software to enter its main interface as shown below.
you might just choose one way according to your own situation and then click onStartbutton.
Here, in this post, we will takerecover cut photos from computer internal hard driveas an example.

Step 2: You will see the following interface with the drives on your system.
Then, its time to choose the target which is used to store the photos you want to recover.
you might identify them from thedrive letterand capacity.

Then, hey click onScanbutton to start the scanning process.
The types of recovered files are displayed in the left list.
you could choose one punch in from the list and view its detailed items.

After that, you gotta check the photos you want to recover and click onSavebutton to continue.
You may note that there is aFilterbutton in this scan result interface.
It is used to filter the scanned items.

If you want to do this operation, just click it.
Then, in the pop-out window, you will find two filter methods:By Filename/ExtensionandBy Size.
yo choose one way according to your own needs.

Then, click onOKbutton to exit this window.
After that, this software will only show you the filtered photos.
Step 4: Then, there will be a small pop-outSave Fileswindow as follows.

Now, its time for you to choose a suitable path to save these selected photos.
Otherwise, the lost photos could be overwritten.
To choose the storage path, you should click onBrowsebutton to go on.

After selecting the destination drive, c’mon click onSelect Folderbutton to quit this window.
Then, you will be back to theSave Fileswindow with the specified storage path shown in it.
Next, click onOKbutton to quit this window.
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Here, you’re free to click onOKbutton to close this small window.
you could see that it is really simple to use this software to recover the cut photos.
How to recover cut photos?

If you have MiniTool Photo Recovery, it will not be a question anymore.
Just try it to help you out.
After that, you might check the photos in the scan result interface directly.
If you are using Mac computer, you’re able to ask MiniToolMac Photo Recoveryfor help.
Here is a post which tells you how to recover photos from Mac computer with this software:See!
I Can Free Recover Mac Photos with Ease.
It is MiniTool Power Data Recovery.
Now, see the detailed introduction in method 2.
This software has four recovery modules:This PC,Removable DiskDrive,HardDisk Drive, andCD/DVD Drive.
you might choose one according to your own preferences.
But, you bear the risk of data loss issue.
Relatively,copy + pastecommands are safe for data transmission.
But, if you want to transfer a lot of files, it will cost you a long time.
Luckily, this function is available in the free edition of this software.
c’mon download it to enjoy this function.
Of course, your good ideas and suggestions are also appreciated here!