Ubuntu – Dual boot (Windows 10 + Ubuntu) – SSD+HDD – How to allocate more space from HDD

18.04dual-boothard drivepartitioningssd

I am trying to install Ubuntu and Windows 10 alongside for my college course, I don't have much experience with ubuntu, so bear with me if what I ask is too simple.

I have the Following setup
SSD – 465 GB

  • 300 GB Allocated to Windows 10

HDD – 931 GB

  • 730 GB Allocated to Windows

My course requires me to have 250-300 GB space in Ubuntu
I have Installed ubuntu (Dual Boot) on SSD as:

  • 16 GB on '/swap'
  • 145 GB on '/'

My SSD is fully allocated right now
I need to give atleast 100-150 GB space from HDD to ubuntu but I am not sure how to go about doing it

I just wanted to know how I could give more space to ubuntu so that I can setup softwares later without any problems.

Thanks

Best Answer

I doubt you will need 300GB for software. Almost certainly most of that will be needed for data. The simplest way to get more space on your system is to add a Linux partition (ext4 is a good format to use) to the HDD. Looks like you have about 200GB unallocated. You can use Gparted to make and format that partition. Then you add a new mount point somewhere like /data and add an entry to /etc/fstab to mount the new partition at boot time.

Alternatively you may be able to shrink your windows partition on the SSD and expand the Ubuntu partition. This is not too difficult to do but you may not be able to give up enough space from Windows.

There are plenty of detailed answers on Ask Ubuntu and on the wider internet about how to do these things but if you get stuck ask another question. Good luck with your course!

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