Right guys..
I've done a little digging. It's a bit of a faff but if you take a copy of your profile sections that use Photobucket and save them in a notepad for reference.
Then looking at these saves you can see WHO has uploaded the pics to PB. Assuming you have a free account on PB you can search for these pics by looking for the user and then copy the pic to your own library. Use the 3 lines to the left of the pic and press copy. When the pop up appears select your own bucket.
Bit tedious I know but...!! Once you have these pics go back to your bucket and download them to your Hdd.
That is done by selecting the "gear" top right of the pic and selecting download.
Create an account on Tinypics website and up load the pics to there.
Use the link for websites and replace those in your profile with the ones from Tinypic not forgetting to add to the link any resizing that needs doing.
Almost caught me out that bit..
Eh Voila once you save your profile you should have all your pics back again and in your own library and NOT on Robbing-basket err I mean Photobucket lol
Have fun. Give me a shout if you have problems.
Peter, Piggy53