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This must be a common question but I don't know how to phrase it to find the answer.

Background: I have recently got a new laptop, it came with win8, and immediately after removing a ton of bloatware I installed Linux. For some reason I simply split the HD into two main partitions, one for each system. Of course, now that I'm moving data, almost all onto the Linux half system (which I use most) I'm finding that I can't get at it from Windows (which I need for some programmes).

What I want to do: resize both the Windows and Linux paritions and use the space to make a separate data partition.

Problem: In gParted I can resize the windows partition (leaving it on the lefthandside) but not the Linux parition. Presumable because I'm using it at the time. How do I do this? And how can I do this so that it ends up on the righthandside, leaving a nice big free space in the middle for my data? (I would post a screenshot but I don't have enough reputation)

Bonus question: I was going to make the data partition NTFS. If this seems like a very stupid idea, for whatever reason, please tell now me before I make bad into worse.

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    Welcome to Ask Ubuntu, You could use a live CD / USB. It does include gparted – user.dz May 27 '15 at 07:52
  • I agree with @Sneetsher. You should use a live USB/CD to re-size the partitions. IF you want this partition to be accessible from Windows and Ubuntu you can go ahead with the NTFS. – Ron May 27 '15 at 07:56
  • About the idea, It's good. Actually most who have dual boot use an intermediate data partition. This way, Windows may be left in hibernate mode while switching to Ubuntu. – user.dz May 27 '15 at 07:56
  • You don't want to use hibernation in windows if you dual boot into linux and mount your NTFS partition. You could corrupt them. I don't even talk about Fast Boot – solsTiCe May 27 '15 at 08:46
  • possible duplicate of How to resize partitions? – Rod Smith May 28 '15 at 13:20
  • Thanks all for the helpful replies. I've not had time to try the live USB yet, and Rob Smith might be right that this is a semi-duplicate, but it doesn't reply to my question about resizing partitions "to the right"? Explanation: In gparted it lookes like all the data is on the left in the partitions, if I decrease the size of both the windows and Linux partition from the right to the left, the free space won't be adjacent, and instead of one big partition I would have two smaller ones (which is ok, but not ideal). –  May 29 '15 at 13:47

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