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I have 9 partitions of which one is unallocated and i want to merge this unallocated partion to sdb11 partition on which my ubuntu is installed?partition image link

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    There is no such thing as "unalolcated partition". You have 8 partitions. – Pilot6 Feb 10 '20 at 11:57
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    Make sure you have good backups of everything what ever you do. But moving all those partitions has more risk. Better to use as a /home or /data partition. If /home. To move /home uses rsync- Be sure to use parameters to preserve ownership & permissions https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Partitioning/Home/Moving Shows on second drive, but can be same drive: https://askubuntu.com/questions/1013677/storing-data-on-second-hdd-mounting – oldfred Feb 10 '20 at 14:28
  • @K7AAY if you delete sdb10, and recreate it later, remember that you'll have to edit /etc/fstab :-) – heynnema Feb 10 '20 at 23:31
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    Of course, if you just want to use that additional space, you don't have to move anything. Make a partition, put an ext4 filesystem on it, and mount it in some place you want, like /var/local/data or /home//mydata, etc. Use symlinks to the new mount point, like Documents2 from your home. – ubfan1 Feb 10 '20 at 23:38
  • The simplest way requires them adjacent, but there are partitions between. sdb11 is locked, which means you booted from this drive, and you can't change partitions on a drive you booted from. so you must boot from a LiveUSB or other drive to make changes you want. After reboot, you'd need to move sdb7 to the front of the drive & accept the change; move sdb8 to the front of the drive & accept the change; move sdb9 to the front of the drive & accept the change; delete sdb10 after swapoff before doing anything to sdb11, then, either make a new swap partition or swap file; ubfan1's idea is better. – K7AAY Feb 11 '20 at 00:13
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Make sure that you have a good backup of your important files, as this procedure can corrupt or lose data.

The NTFS part...

I'm not a Windows guy per se, so I don't know if the Windows Disk Management app can move disk partitions, but if it can, use it to move /dev/sdb7 and /dev/sdb8 partitions all the way left.

The Ubuntu part...

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 pane of the main window, and selecting the desired action from the popup menu, then finishing that action in the new move/resize window

Note: I'll write this portion as if you couldn't move /dev/sdb7 and /dev/sdb8 using Windows Disk Management app.

Note: if the procedure doesn't work exactly as I outline, STOP immediately and DO NOT continue.

  • boot to a Ubuntu Live DVD/USB
  • start gparted
  • move /dev/sdb7 partition all the way left
  • move /dev/sdb8 partition all the way left
  • move /dev/sdb9, /dev/sdb10, and /dev/sdb11 partitions all the way left
  • resize the right side of /dev/sdb11 all the way right
  • click the Apply icon
  • quit gparted
  • reboot
    • If you have any Ubuntu boot issues, contact me and I'll give you a fix
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