Monday, April 29, 2024
3
rated 0 times [  3] [ 0]  / answers: 1 / hits: 497  / 2 Years ago, tue, december 14, 2021, 5:16:09

I switched from Windows to Ubuntu 4 months ago and I am really happy with it. I set up a dual-boot system (since I wasn´t sure how it will end up with me and Ubuntu).



After merging from Citavi to Zotero I need windows only for my scanner. The problem I have now is, that the windows partition is so big with lots of unused space and the Ubuntu partition are quite small - I should have though about this problem 4 months ago...



My partitions look like this:
enter image description here



Where sda3 is the windows partition, sda5 is Ubuntu and sda7 is a data partition.
I want to shrink sda3 and free some space for sda5 and sda7.



How can this be done safely (and easily)?


More From » partitioning

 Answers
1

This shouldn't be too much of a problem. Things will work best if you boot from a LiveCD (or LiveDVD), choose to Try Ubuntu, and once it reaches the default Ubuntu desktop you can open the Dash and open GParted. (You're going to be doing things with partitions, which is best done from a Live desktop so the drives are unmounted.)



First, you can shrink sda3 to free up some space. I would suggest that you not mess with sda1 and sda2; Windows will likely not like that and might respond by making it difficult to get back into Windows. Similarly, don't move sda3; just shrink it in size by the amount you want to give to Ubuntu.



You can then expand the Extended - sda4 - partition into the free (unallocated) space you created. Then you can expand sda5 to the left to grab the available space.



You might find that you'll get an error message telling you that you can't do it because some drive - probably sda6, the Linux Swap partition - is still mounted. If that happens, you can right-click it and unmount it without causing any problems, and then just proceed.


[#39399] Wednesday, December 15, 2021, 2 Years  [reply] [flag answer]
Only authorized users can answer the question. Please sign in first, or register a free account.
rialhirt

Total Points: 422
Total Questions: 113
Total Answers: 120

Location: France
Member since Sun, May 15, 2022
2 Years ago
rialhirt questions
Mon, May 24, 21, 18:24, 3 Years ago
Tue, May 10, 22, 21:43, 2 Years ago
Thu, Feb 16, 23, 16:32, 1 Year ago
Mon, Jun 13, 22, 03:02, 2 Years ago
;