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I have dual boot win7 and ubuntu 12.04 Is shrinking linux partition with gparted somewhat less risky than extending windows partition in windows?

http://postimg.org/image/5qdgafggt/

I would like to extend win7 C: volume from 40gb to maybe 50gb, which means shrinking ubuntu home partition F:volume from 102 to 92gb. Is it better to do it in ubuntu?

Dual boot is relatively fresh, i dont have so many data on the disk, but i've installed many programs on windows. But extending ntfs C: partition is not the same as shrinking right? There shouldn't be any problem in my opinion?

Thank you.

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  • yes, it's better to shrink Ubuntu home partition using Ubuntu Live disk.can you upload the screenshot of gparted? – Avinash Raj Mar 02 '14 at 12:12
  • Here it is:

    http://postimg.org/image/i6n2u6sjt/

    So i just need to backup my data on ubuntu? are win programs mostly safe since it's just extending ntfs partition? or my logic is not right :)

     – user252611 Mar 02 '14 at 12:32

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  • Boot Ubuntu live-disk and click on try Ubuntu option on startup.

  • Open gparted from dash.Make sure that all the partitions are unmounted.

  • Shrink dev/sda7 partition to get 10 Gb unallocated space.

  • Now the unallocated space will comes under /dev/sda7 partition.Now you have to getout of the unallocated space from the extended partition.To do this,

  • Right-click on the dev/sda3 and select Move/Resize.Now you can be able to reduce it's space.

  • Now the free space will comes out of the extended partition.

  • Right-click on the dev/sda3 and select Resize/Move option.Click and move the bar to extreme right, so that the unallocated space will comes just above to the dev/sda3 partition.

  • Now you can be able to resize /dev/sda2 partition.

See here for more details.

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