Is it safe to split the disk partition I installed Ubuntu on?

Asked Jul 29 '20 at 12:17

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When I installed Ubuntu,I made a disk partition of 120 GB, which of course is too much as I don't have many heavy weight software. I'm currently using only 16/120GB, I was wondering if I can split the partition on which Ubuntu(Make the 120GB to 50 GB and separate the 70GB partition) is installed and if I do so I won't have any bad consequences.

edited Jul 29 '20 at 12:23

asked Jul 29 '20 at 12:17

Heisenberg

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Yes, but only from a live system, as the partition to resize should not be mounted. Boot from a live usb and run gparted. I would still stick with a single partition.... – pLumo Jul 29 '20 at 12:22
@pLumo I also have windows installed, is it safe to do this from windows then? – Heisenberg Jul 29 '20 at 12:23
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nore sure if windows tools can handle ext3/ext4 partitions or whatever your file system is... But if they can handle them, yes, sure. – pLumo Jul 29 '20 at 12:24
I'll just do it from the live disk then – Heisenberg Jul 29 '20 at 12:26
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make sure to backup important files ;-) – pLumo Jul 29 '20 at 12:27
Will do that ... – Heisenberg Jul 29 '20 at 13:48
Windows disk management will not manipulate ext3/ext4 partitions – PonJar Jul 30 '20 at 08:05

Is it safe to split the disk partition I installed Ubuntu on?

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