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My computer has an unallocated free space of 3.69 GB according to Gparted in Ubuntu. Ubuntu is running out of space. I want to add that unallocated space of 3.69 Gb to the Ubuntu. My problem is that when I type a command line in the terminal in Ubuntu I get /dev/sda5 to 8 with Linux. Already, I know it is not /dev/sda6. To which one do I add this unallocated free space ??

Please check the graphics if that helps.

GParted screenshot

David Foerster
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  • Could you please post text files, dialogue messages, and program output listings as text, not as images? To achieve the latter two you can either 1) select, copy & paste the dialogue text or terminal content or 2) save the program output to a file and use that. Longer listings (>100 lines) should be uploaded to a pastie service and linked to in the question. Thanks. – David Foerster Dec 05 '16 at 10:54
  • @DavidFoerster I think images are mostly fine. Sometimes there's no way to give us some of the information as "text files, dialog messages, or program output". I know this is a bigger deal for you, but you're expending a lot of energy telling folks about not putting images into their questions... relax :-) – heynnema Dec 14 '16 at 17:03
  • @heynnema: Oh, I don't mean the nice looking partition diagrams. Those are quite helpful. I mean the textual terminal stuff in the middle image. – David Foerster Dec 14 '16 at 23:32

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Your real problem is that you've got a smallish hard disk. Your sda1 Windows partition consumes most of the space on the disk. If sda1 can be reduced, or eliminated, then we can increase the size of your remaining partitions, as they're all too small.

Let me know, and I can outline the specific steps to take.

edit:

step #1

  • make sure you have a bootable Windows install/repair DVD
  • make sure you have a bootable Ubuntu Live DVD for your current version of Ubuntu
  • make backups of ALL of your important data on BOTH Windows and Ubuntu

step #2

in Windows...

  • go to the Power control panel
  • click on change what the power buttons do
  • click on change settings that are unavailable
  • uncheck fast start
  • close power control panel
  • open an administrative command prompt window
  • type powercfg /h off
  • type chkdsk /f c:
  • approve to run at reboot time
  • reboot Windows
  • confirm how much free space that you have on the C: drive, and update your question on AU with that information

in Ubuntu...

  • reboot into Ubuntu, or Ubuntu Live DVD
  • obtain a new screenshot of gparted view of /dev/sda, and update your question on AU with that new image (you can replace the old image if you wish)

step #3 (pending)

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  • Sorry for the delay. Sure, sda1 can be reduced. Let say 20 gb would be freed. What would be those steps ?? I hope they are not too difficult. – Bru_Evan Dec 14 '16 at 10:00
  • Please start comments to me with @heynnema or I may not see them. Reducing sda1 by 20G really isn't enough. How much free space do you have on your C: drive? Please explain what's on your sda8, sda5, and sda7 partitions. It's unusual to have so many partitions for Ubuntu. They are all too small. I've begun to outline the steps you need to do for this process. Do steps #1 and #2. And yes... all of this can be difficult. – heynnema Dec 14 '16 at 16:05
  • ps: there are 2 ways to reset your Ubuntu partitions. One way is somewhat complicated, and still leaves you with 3 messy Ubuntu partitions. The other way is somewhat easier, and leaves you with 2 clean Ubuntu partitions, but it involves reinstalling Ubuntu after we make space. Comments? – heynnema Dec 14 '16 at 16:33