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i have the following partitions

dev/sda1 - 500 mb
unallocated - 181 gb 
/dev/sda4 - extended 23 gb 
/dev/sda5 - ext4 - / 15 gb
/dev/sda6 - linux-swap 7.6 gb 
/dev/sda4 - ntfs - 261 gb 
unallocated - 2.02 mb

I want to merge use 50 gb from the 181 gb and merge it with /dev/sda5 as my root parition is only 15 gb

Please advise how to achieve this

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Abbreviated procedure...

ps: you can't really have two sda4 partitions...

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 (sda4) 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:

  • always start the entire procedure with issuing a swapoff on any mounted swap partitions, and end the entire procedure with issuing a swapon on that same swap partition

  • 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.

  • boot the a Ubuntu Live DVD/USB
  • start gparted
  • resize the left side of sda4 (extended partition) left 50gb
  • move sda5 partition all the way left
  • resize the right side of sda5 all the way right

If it looks correct, hit the Apply button.

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