I Installed Ubuntu 16.04 LTS next to Windows 10. I decided to increase my Ubuntu partition because I don't have enough space for apps, So i went to Windows 10 and shrink my larger Partition and now I have 50 GB of unallocated space.. So my question is:
How can I safely expand my Ubuntu partion using this unallocated space? I also have a bootable pendrive with Ubuntu .iso
"nieprzydzielone" means unallocated, sorry, gparted is in Polish, the Orange one is the partition I want to expand
Best Answer
Make sure that you have a good backup of your important Ubuntu files, as this procedure can corrupt or loose data.
The use of an extended partition (sda3) makes this a little difficult. I'll outline the easiest way first, and we can add more to the procedure if we have to.
Keep these things in mind:
a move is done by pointing the mouse pointer at the center of a partition and dragging it left/right with the hand cursor
a resize is done by dragging the left/right side of a partition to the left/right with the directional arrow cursor
if any partition can't be moved/resized graphically, you may have to manually enter the specific required numeric data (don't do this unless I instruct you to)
you begin any move/resize by right-clicking on the partition in the lower part of the main window, and selecting the desired action from the popup menu, then finishing that action in the new move/resize window
Do the following...
Note: if the procedure doesn't work exactly as I outline, STOP immediately and DO NOT continue.
start
gparted
or run the following command to opengparted
:Step #1
Step #2
Step #3
Now quit gparted and reboot your computer, being sure to remove the USB flash pen at the appropriate time.