Ubuntu – Can’t resize /dev/sda1 partition

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I want to resize my /dev/sda1 partition and I'm using GParted. This is my partition table:

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When I tried to reize the /dev/sda1 partition, I was unable to enlarge it to anything bigger than 7679 MB even though I have 11.53 GB in unallocated space:

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I don't know what to do now but I'd appreciate any help you can give me. Thank you.

Best Answer

You have an extended partition /dev/sda2 which contains unallocated space, delete the partition first and then extend the 1st partition /dev/sda1

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