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I recently received a notification after the latest updates (Ubuntu 14.04.4) that I am running out of space on my root folder. I performed sudo apt-get cleanbut the space freed doesn't seem to be enough (1.5 GB free). Therefore I am looking to add another 50 GB to my / folder. I have freed 50 GB using my Windows Disk Management which now shows as "unallocated" (below sda4) on my Gparted:

my GParted

Is there any way to integrate this free space with my root folder while I'm online? If not, is/are there (an) alternative(s) to what has been suggested here?

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In your case, you will have to shift all the partitions that are located to the left of your root partition to the left, to in the end create a 50 GB space at the left of your root partition. You cannot bridge two partitions if you are asking that.

Mind you that this will take a long time, and may result in data loss if the operation is interrupted.

Please backup this data if possible.

Best of Luck to you!!!

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  • There is however, another thing you can do: you can make a disk image through the disks application and then apply this image to a newly created partition in the 50GB space. This will save time. Then you can run boot-repair to update your GRUB from a live USB. – Aditya Jun 11 '16 at 12:57