Question about Pensieve memories

[montavilla47]

No: HPFGUIDX 186019

> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "clcb58" <carylcb@> wrote:
> >
> > Does extracting a memory for Pensieve viewing erase the memory from the mind or just make a copy of it? Does anyone remember canon examples to support either theory?
> >

Montavilla47:

Maybe it's like most computer programs.  You can cut-and-paste or you 
can copy-and-paste.  That would explain why Snape is using the Pensieve
to store memories, while Slughorn is able to extract a copy of his memory.