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Need help with partitioning

rated 0 times [ 3] [ 0] / answers: 1 / hits: 454 / 3 Years ago, sun, june 13, 2021, 6:48:50

I bought a new laptop with no OS and decided to try to Linux (Ubuntu) for the first time in my life. It was a clean install, my laptop had no other OS present in it, not even DOS.

While installing, it asked for partitioning. Out of the 320GB of free space I created a new partition of 20 GB and installed Ubuntu in it. The rest of the 300GB is still available as free space.

Soon I realized that I can't use the 300GB of space and that only 20GB is available to me for use.

Can anyone tell me how I can take away some free space away from the 300GB and add that to my 20GB partition?

I have installed the Gparted Partition editor from the Ubuntu Software Center but have no idea how to go ahead with it.

Thanks :)

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answered 3 Years ago tusmuumu · Accepted Answer

Start your laptop with Ubuntu Live CD and run Gparted from there. Then select your 20 GB partition, right click on it and click resize. Resize it to use all the free space and click apply. Reboot your system after removing the CD and thats it.