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I recently installed Ubuntu alongside windows, but I quickly got run out of space and the only available space is not under the same SSD. Is there a way to extend the root partition or should I reinstall Ubuntu?

Ahmed Waleed
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  • you can't extend the root partition to the second drive, but you can create a new partition to use in Ubuntu, and move whatever is taking up tons of space to there. – Esther Jul 15 '22 at 16:56
  • @Esther, Thanks for the fast response. I will consider your solution. – Ahmed Waleed Jul 15 '22 at 17:03
  • @Nmath, I did not know if this will work, as in my case, I have two different SSDs. – Ahmed Waleed Jul 15 '22 at 18:03
  • Ok, thank you @Nmath. – Ahmed Waleed Jul 15 '22 at 18:07
  • Search this site for logical volume and see if anything meets your needs. – ubfan1 Jul 15 '22 at 19:46
  • You can create a new partition on HDD and move /home to it. Most of your data should be in /home. To see size of /home and then compare to size of / partition. sudo du -sh /home To move /home uses rsync- Be sure to use parameters to preserve ownership & permissions https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Partitioning/Home/Moving Or you can just move data keeping /home. https://askubuntu.com/questions/1013677/storing-data-on-second-hdd-mounting & https://askubuntu.com/questions/1058756/installing-all-applications-on-a-ssd-disk-and-putting-all-files-on-hdd-disk – oldfred Jul 15 '22 at 21:41

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