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I realised that I may need more space for Linux as kind it is shifting towards being my primary workspace, hence I decided to extend its size. I un-alloacated a chunk of memory from windows'( these are my partitions ) partition and tried merging it to the Linux's but I could not. I am using Gparted. My OS is Ununtu Budgie. Attached is a screenshot of my partitions.

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  • https://askubuntu.com/questions/102733/how-can-i-increase-a-partitions-size – ARG Jun 07 '20 at 11:07
  • The little key icons show you have mounted partitions, you need to use live installer. A move left can be slow as it has to copy all data, do not interrupt. Then resize to right to make it larger is very quick. With a move, you must have good backups, any interruption will totally corrupt data. – oldfred Jun 07 '20 at 13:50

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Make sure that you have a good backup of your important Ubuntu files, as this procedure can corrupt or lose data.

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

Do the following...

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

  • boot to a Ubuntu Live DVD/USB, in “Try Ubuntu” mode
  • start gparted
  • move /dev/nvme0n1p6 partition all the way left
  • resize the right side of /dev/nvme0n1p6 all the way right
  • click the Apply icon
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