How do I recover apparent unused space on my hard drive?

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  1. lehnerus2000
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    W7 Ultimate SP1, LM19.2 MATE, W10 Home 1703, W10 Pro 1703 VM, #All 64 bit
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    View Settings


    You can change the View:

    • Click on the Settings button (or use the menu - View > Settings)
    • Click on the Scaling tab

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  3. andrew129260
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    Windows 10 Pro
       New #12

    And if you ever mess with the view settings and want to reset it back to windows defaults, see here:


    MMC Console Settings - Reset to Default

    zarfs said:
    Many thanks to you all. I guess working on computers makes me paranoid.

    Once you break a few things, it goes away
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