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Extending Ubuntu Partition size with the unallocated space (swap is between these two)

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My Ubuntu 12.04 is set up on virtualbox, the host system is Windows 7.

When setting up my system, I created 8GB VDI hard drive. In a short time I run out of free space, so I increased the size of the VDI to ~50GB via Windows.

Now I'm trying to increase the size of my Ubuntu partition with the unallocated space gained by increasing the size of the virtual hdd.

Therefore, I've booted Ubuntu with the LiveCD and started up GParted. The problem is that I cannot increase the size of the desired partition, probably because swap is just between it and the unallocated space.

My question is - how can I move my allocated space to the neighborhood of Ubuntu partition and then enlarge it?

Here is how it looks like in GParted:

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I'm also pasting the output of fdisk -l:

Disk /dev/sda: 53.7 GB, 53687091200 bytes

255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 6527 cylinders, total 104857600 sectors

Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes

Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

Disk identifier: 0x000c35eb



   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System

/dev/sda1   *        2048    12582911     6290432   83  Linux

/dev/sda2        12584958    16775167     2095105    5  Extended

/dev/sda5        12584960    16775167     2095104   82  Linux swap / Solaris