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I noticed that there are a lot of questions similar to mine on here, but I couldn't find the one that solves my issue. I have posted the image below:

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I want to increase /dev/sdb12, but it won't let me use the allocated space, what should I do in this case?

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  • Holy cow, why do you have so many tiny ext4 partitions? – You'reAGitForNotUsingGit Aug 10 '17 at 21:37
  • @AndroidDev I was following a guide to partition my drive and they told me to do it that way. – freetoplay Aug 10 '17 at 21:40
  • @dtrinh100 Can you link me to the guide you followed? That doesn't seem right.... – You'reAGitForNotUsingGit Aug 10 '17 at 21:41
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    @Pilot6 I have tried following the link that you posted, but my issue is I can't increase the size. I can decrease the size just fine though. – freetoplay Aug 10 '17 at 21:42
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    You can't increase size because there is no empty space at the left or right. You need to move a lot of partitions to get the unallocated space near the sdb12. – Pilot6 Aug 10 '17 at 21:44
  • @AndroidDev It's been a year or so since I did the initial partitioning, so I don't remember where I found that guide, but it basically said to create partitions for /boot, /var, /usr, /usr/local, etc., hence is why you see all those ext4 partitions. – freetoplay Aug 10 '17 at 21:47
  • @Pilot6 how would I safely move the spaces? Sorry, I am very new to this partitioning thing. – freetoplay Aug 10 '17 at 21:48
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    It is a VERY bad idea to make many small partitions. – Pilot6 Aug 10 '17 at 21:48
  • I suggest removing all those partitions and create one for / or two partitions for / and /home. The system won't work for a long time with this type of partitioning. It may be good only for servers and when you know what you are doing. – Pilot6 Aug 10 '17 at 21:50
  • @Pilot6 would this delete all of my current files? Also, what would happen to the current /boot partition? Would it fail to boot if I deleted it? – freetoplay Aug 10 '17 at 21:51
  • Oh man. Yeah, you really only ever want to create a separate partition for /home, but even that is up to you whether you really need to do that or not. – You'reAGitForNotUsingGit Aug 10 '17 at 21:52
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    I suggest to backup your files and doing a fresh install. it is too complicated to fix this crappy installation. – Pilot6 Aug 10 '17 at 21:53
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    I agree with Pilot6's suggestion. You'll waste more time trying to fix this install then if you were to backup your files and do a clean install. – You'reAGitForNotUsingGit Aug 10 '17 at 21:54
  • @Pilot6 Thanks, I'll follow that advice. But do you know if I need to backup my Windows data as well to do a fresh install? I would be doing it from the Ubuntu Live USB. – freetoplay Aug 10 '17 at 21:58
  • It is always a good idea to backup. But is you don't touch Windows partitions, files should be safe. – Pilot6 Aug 10 '17 at 21:59
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    I tend to agree that a backup of user data, fresh install, and restore may be the way to go; however, as you've got a separate /home, you could preserve that one to simplify the restore part. As to the original question, knowing the exact and complete error message is critical in such situations. That said, you should be able to resize /dev/sda6, which is highlighted; but it looks like /dev/sda12 has little or no free space around it, so you'd need to move a bunch of partitions to resize it. – Rod Smith Aug 11 '17 at 13:29

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