Enlarging partition size in Dual Boot Linux ZorinOS 12.3/Windows 7
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I'm completely new to Linux and I'm having trouble with my partitions. Everything works just fine, but my Linux partition that was created with the automatic option in the installer ("Install alongside operating system") is small (29.8GB) and I want to enlarge it.
I have only one disk, but in Windows disk management tool and in gparted I get two.
Using disk management I shrunk my Windows partition and created an unallocated space, but as gparted reads Windows as /sdb and Linux as /sdc, I can't simply click to merge the unallocated space to the already existing Linux partition.
I wanted to stress that I have only one physical HD, but it appears as 2
PS: I have little computer science background, so terminal is a little bit scary to me
What I want to do:
gparted scren of Windows's partition
gparted screen of Zorin's partition
partition gparted zorin
asked Apr 2 at 3:59
Maria Luiza Andreani
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I'm completely new to Linux and I'm having trouble with my partitions. Everything works just fine, but my Linux partition that was created with the automatic option in the installer ("Install alongside operating system") is small (29.8GB) and I want to enlarge it.
I have only one disk, but in Windows disk management tool and in gparted I get two.
Using disk management I shrunk my Windows partition and created an unallocated space, but as gparted reads Windows as /sdb and Linux as /sdc, I can't simply click to merge the unallocated space to the already existing Linux partition.
I wanted to stress that I have only one physical HD, but it appears as 2
PS: I have little computer science background, so terminal is a little bit scary to me
What I want to do:
gparted scren of Windows's partition
gparted screen of Zorin's partition
partition gparted zorin
asked Apr 2 at 3:59
Maria Luiza Andreani
1
Both Windows and Linux detected two disks. Well, Linux detected three so you're probably booting from a Live CD/USB. Both OS's are pretty good at detecting disks. Hence, it's more likely than not that you have two disks. If there REALLY is only one disk, you've got something funky going on. Otherwise, although you can't merge partitions, Linux LVM can be used to create logical volumes which span across multiple disks and/or partitions; Allowing you to effectively merge partitions.
– Emmanuel Rosa
Apr 2 at 14:18
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I'm completely new to Linux and I'm having trouble with my partitions. Everything works just fine, but my Linux partition that was created with the automatic option in the installer ("Install alongside operating system") is small (29.8GB) and I want to enlarge it.
I have only one disk, but in Windows disk management tool and in gparted I get two.
Using disk management I shrunk my Windows partition and created an unallocated space, but as gparted reads Windows as /sdb and Linux as /sdc, I can't simply click to merge the unallocated space to the already existing Linux partition.
I wanted to stress that I have only one physical HD, but it appears as 2
PS: I have little computer science background, so terminal is a little bit scary to me
What I want to do:
gparted scren of Windows's partition
gparted screen of Zorin's partition
partition gparted zorin
asked Apr 2 at 3:59
Maria Luiza Andreani
1
I'm completely new to Linux and I'm having trouble with my partitions. Everything works just fine, but my Linux partition that was created with the automatic option in the installer ("Install alongside operating system") is small (29.8GB) and I want to enlarge it.
I have only one disk, but in Windows disk management tool and in gparted I get two.
Using disk management I shrunk my Windows partition and created an unallocated space, but as gparted reads Windows as /sdb and Linux as /sdc, I can't simply click to merge the unallocated space to the already existing Linux partition.
I wanted to stress that I have only one physical HD, but it appears as 2
PS: I have little computer science background, so terminal is a little bit scary to me
What I want to do:
gparted scren of Windows's partition
gparted screen of Zorin's partition
partition gparted zorin
asked Apr 2 at 3:59
Maria Luiza Andreani
1
asked Apr 2 at 3:59
Maria Luiza Andreani
1
asked Apr 2 at 3:59
Maria Luiza Andreani
1
asked Apr 2 at 3:59
Maria Luiza Andreani
1
1
Both Windows and Linux detected two disks. Well, Linux detected three so you're probably booting from a Live CD/USB. Both OS's are pretty good at detecting disks. Hence, it's more likely than not that you have two disks. If there REALLY is only one disk, you've got something funky going on. Otherwise, although you can't merge partitions, Linux LVM can be used to create logical volumes which span across multiple disks and/or partitions; Allowing you to effectively merge partitions.
– Emmanuel Rosa
Apr 2 at 14:18
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Both Windows and Linux detected two disks. Well, Linux detected three so you're probably booting from a Live CD/USB. Both OS's are pretty good at detecting disks. Hence, it's more likely than not that you have two disks. If there REALLY is only one disk, you've got something funky going on. Otherwise, although you can't merge partitions, Linux LVM can be used to create logical volumes which span across multiple disks and/or partitions; Allowing you to effectively merge partitions.
– Emmanuel Rosa
Apr 2 at 14:18
Both Windows and Linux detected two disks. Well, Linux detected three so you're probably booting from a Live CD/USB. Both OS's are pretty good at detecting disks. Hence, it's more likely than not that you have two disks. If there REALLY is only one disk, you've got something funky going on. Otherwise, although you can't merge partitions, Linux LVM can be used to create logical volumes which span across multiple disks and/or partitions; Allowing you to effectively merge partitions.
– Emmanuel Rosa
Apr 2 at 14:18
Both Windows and Linux detected two disks. Well, Linux detected three so you're probably booting from a Live CD/USB. Both OS's are pretty good at detecting disks. Hence, it's more likely than not that you have two disks. If there REALLY is only one disk, you've got something funky going on. Otherwise, although you can't merge partitions, Linux LVM can be used to create logical volumes which span across multiple disks and/or partitions; Allowing you to effectively merge partitions.
– Emmanuel Rosa
Apr 2 at 14:18
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Both Windows and Linux detected two disks. Well, Linux detected three so you're probably booting from a Live CD/USB. Both OS's are pretty good at detecting disks. Hence, it's more likely than not that you have two disks. If there REALLY is only one disk, you've got something funky going on. Otherwise, although you can't merge partitions, Linux LVM can be used to create logical volumes which span across multiple disks and/or partitions; Allowing you to effectively merge partitions.
– Emmanuel Rosa
Apr 2 at 14:18