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alisam

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#319249 6-Apr-2025 10:33
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In Windows 10, I made a 42GB Partition for Ubuntu.

 

I now need to increase the Ubuntu partition (and decrease the Windows partition).

 

Should I do this in Windows or Ubuntu?





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Mrcutiepatootie
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  #3361253 6-Apr-2025 11:02
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Shrink the partition in Windows then reclaim the space in Ubuntu is easiest I could think of to avoid inconveniences like bitlocker and linux not playing nice with NTFS (from experience).




alisam

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  #3361258 6-Apr-2025 11:32
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I have reduced the Windows partition by 21 GB

 

 

But I cannot 'Resize' the Ubuntu partition from (approx) 42GB to 63 GB. It won't go any higher than 41.9 GB, even if I type it in e,g 50GB

 





PC: Dell Inspiron 16 5640 (Windows 11 Home), Dell Inspiron 7591 2n1 (Windows 11 Pro), HP ProBook 470G1 (Windows 10 Pro), Intel NUC7I5BNH (Zorin)
Net: Grandstream 1 x GWN7062 Router, 1 x GWN7665 Access Point
Storage: Synology DS216play NAS, 2 x 6TB
Media: 3 x Amazon FireTV. Echo, Dot, Spot
TV: 2 x Samsung H6400 55" LED TV, Panasonic TH-P50G10Z 50" Plasma TV
Mobile: Samsung Galaxy A52 5G
Wearable: Gear S3 Frontier


Mrcutiepatootie
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  #3361280 6-Apr-2025 12:22
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Are you booting from a live USB? Should be possible with gparted to extend disk to the left, but it takes longer as it just moves the contents to the free space and resizes it after.


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