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   Alan K. to All   
   Re: cloning/copying LM disk   
   31 Dec 25 17:08:30   
   
   XPost: aus.computers   
   From: alan@invalid.com   
      
   On 12/31/25 4:25 PM, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
   > On Wed, 31 Dec 2025 16:11:56 -0500, Alan K. wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 12/31/25 3:45 PM, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>> But if you just copy the files themselves, then there is nothing to   
   >>> “extract”. Just directly access the files you want, using the regular   
   >>> file-access tools.   
   >>>   
   >> Or whatever you are handy with. I extract them and then handle them   
   >> afterwards.   
   >   
   > I am “handy” with regular file-access tools because I use them every   
   > day. Backup extraction is not something I need to do every day.   
   I hope we're not arguing, I'm not.   
      
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