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I love using Ubuntu. I HATE installing Ubuntu. because I usually either make a bad installation / partitioning decision OR I cannot figure out how to adjust partitions and disk space.

and here we are again. I am trying to install on an old outdated Windows 10 system but everything I try to do to adjust these partitions seems to fail. don't I just want:

  1. a partition to maintain Windows (rarely used but sometimes handy when something doesn't work with Linux. that 12GB partition looks to already have W10 so I would keep it.
  2. a big data partition. there is about 500GB that seem available for that.
  3. a ... approx 15-20gb partition for Ubuntu.

why can I not "shrink" the big 500gb data partition to take a chunk for a Ubuntu install partition?

how do I get rid of these little scraps

500gb partition

no clue

Journeyman Geek
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  • Your question skims the off-topic rant in disguise (see https://askubuntu.com/help/dont-ask) due to how its written, but even without that, you've provided no clues as to what Ubuntu product you're asking about, nor your minimally pasted details don't show (due to how cut) if you're trying to resize a in-use partition (which isn't allowed!) and details are unclear (Ubuntu Desktop has recommended a minimum size of 25GB since Ubuntu 17.10 but you mention 15-20gb which maybe risky, but it's unclear to me what you're referring to anyway). – guiverc Mar 17 '23 at 00:08
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    Does this answer your question? How to resize partitions? – karel Mar 17 '23 at 02:24
  • Also asked at https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2484997 – guiverc Mar 17 '23 at 02:37

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