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I have installed Ubuntu 20.04 alongside Windows 11, initially giving Ubuntu 33GB. Now I want to install larger programs, thus my 33 GB are not enough. I went on Windows and I removed 80 GBs from the Windows partition, now I am on Ubuntu and I have no clue on how to give these 80GBs to the Ubuntu partition to increase the storage space inside of the OS to install larger programs. The blue square (/dev/nvme0n1p5) is the Ubuntu partition.

How can I allocate the extra space I made to Ubuntu?

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Hans Carlo Sirch
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  • Make sure you have a backup before messing with partitions any more. It isn't too difficult, but you should have a backup in case you mess up – cocomac Feb 13 '22 at 18:46
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    An alternative is to create a new partition and use it as /home for your data. Then giving more room in / (root). To move /home uses rsync- Be sure to use parameters to preserve ownership & permissions https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Partitioning/Home/Moving You can change to / and then use sudo ncdu to see sizes of your folders. You may have to install ncdu as only du is standard. sudo apt-install ncdu – oldfred Feb 13 '22 at 21:27

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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/nvme0n1p4 partition all the way left
  • move /dev/nvme0n1p5 partition all the way left
  • resize the right side of /dev/nvme0n1p5 all the way right
  • click the Apply icon
  • reboot to Ubuntu and confirm free space
  • boot to Windows to confirm that it still boots
heynnema
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