gparted: how to merge unallocated space with a partition
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I want to merge unallocated space to an ext4 partition. But gparted seems to prevent this. I cannot extend the partition.
see screenshot: merge unallocated with sda5.
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I want to merge unallocated space to an ext4 partition. But gparted seems to prevent this. I cannot extend the partition.
see screenshot: merge unallocated with sda5.
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That ntfs partition, is probably just wasted space, left over from a previous Microsoft Windows install.
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I want to merge unallocated space to an ext4 partition. But gparted seems to prevent this. I cannot extend the partition.
see screenshot: merge unallocated with sda5.
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I want to merge unallocated space to an ext4 partition. But gparted seems to prevent this. I cannot extend the partition.
see screenshot: merge unallocated with sda5.
gparted
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That ntfs partition, is probably just wasted space, left over from a previous Microsoft Windows install.
– ctrl-alt-delor
Nov 24 at 0:05
Thank you for the acceptance! Favour returned, question upvoted! ;-)
– Fabby
Nov 24 at 21:13
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That ntfs partition, is probably just wasted space, left over from a previous Microsoft Windows install.
– ctrl-alt-delor
Nov 24 at 0:05
Thank you for the acceptance! Favour returned, question upvoted! ;-)
– Fabby
Nov 24 at 21:13
That ntfs partition, is probably just wasted space, left over from a previous Microsoft Windows install.
– ctrl-alt-delor
Nov 24 at 0:05
That ntfs partition, is probably just wasted space, left over from a previous Microsoft Windows install.
– ctrl-alt-delor
Nov 24 at 0:05
Thank you for the acceptance! Favour returned, question upvoted! ;-)
– Fabby
Nov 24 at 21:13
Thank you for the acceptance! Favour returned, question upvoted! ;-)
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That's because you have unallocated space outside of the extended partition (sda3
) which contains the partition you want to extend (sda5
) so I would:
- Take a full system backup using CloneZilla Live¹
- Boot a live environment of gparted
- Move
sda3
to the left (this will move bothsda5
andsda6
as well) - Extend
sda3
with the now free space at the end - Move
sda6
to the end ofsda3
- Extend
sda5
still leaving 10% of the disk space unallocated betweensda5
andsda6
²
Note¹: Yes, take a backup! If you have a power failure in any of the following steps, your entire disk is toast!
Note²: That leaves you some wriggling room to extend your swap or your data (or both) in an emergency.
Note³: Yes, you can also extend sda3
to the left and then extend sda5
to the left but that will not give you the 10% spare (unallocated) space for emergency extension in the future and the entire process is going to take all night anyway.
Why reserve 10% OP did not ask for it. If they need swap in a hurry, they can add a file as swap.
– ctrl-alt-delor
Nov 24 at 0:03
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In the good old days of separate command line tools, I could extend sda3, move sda5, then extend sda5 without moving sda6. Can we not do that anymore?
– ctrl-alt-delor
Nov 24 at 0:04
@ctrl-alt-delor yes, we can. (see Note³) I'm just stating an opinion what I would do... (edited to includegparted
live)
– Fabby
Nov 24 at 9:08
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That image has a colored, not a greyed out checkmark for apply.
That means you need to apply the pending actions and reboot.
- After the reboot, try to resize the partition.
Dont try to shrink the unallocated space.
- Grow the partition you want bigger then apply.
And of course reboot again.
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2 Answers
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active
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active
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active
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up vote
1
down vote
accepted
That's because you have unallocated space outside of the extended partition (sda3
) which contains the partition you want to extend (sda5
) so I would:
- Take a full system backup using CloneZilla Live¹
- Boot a live environment of gparted
- Move
sda3
to the left (this will move bothsda5
andsda6
as well) - Extend
sda3
with the now free space at the end - Move
sda6
to the end ofsda3
- Extend
sda5
still leaving 10% of the disk space unallocated betweensda5
andsda6
²
Note¹: Yes, take a backup! If you have a power failure in any of the following steps, your entire disk is toast!
Note²: That leaves you some wriggling room to extend your swap or your data (or both) in an emergency.
Note³: Yes, you can also extend sda3
to the left and then extend sda5
to the left but that will not give you the 10% spare (unallocated) space for emergency extension in the future and the entire process is going to take all night anyway.
Why reserve 10% OP did not ask for it. If they need swap in a hurry, they can add a file as swap.
– ctrl-alt-delor
Nov 24 at 0:03
1
In the good old days of separate command line tools, I could extend sda3, move sda5, then extend sda5 without moving sda6. Can we not do that anymore?
– ctrl-alt-delor
Nov 24 at 0:04
@ctrl-alt-delor yes, we can. (see Note³) I'm just stating an opinion what I would do... (edited to includegparted
live)
– Fabby
Nov 24 at 9:08
add a comment |
up vote
1
down vote
accepted
That's because you have unallocated space outside of the extended partition (sda3
) which contains the partition you want to extend (sda5
) so I would:
- Take a full system backup using CloneZilla Live¹
- Boot a live environment of gparted
- Move
sda3
to the left (this will move bothsda5
andsda6
as well) - Extend
sda3
with the now free space at the end - Move
sda6
to the end ofsda3
- Extend
sda5
still leaving 10% of the disk space unallocated betweensda5
andsda6
²
Note¹: Yes, take a backup! If you have a power failure in any of the following steps, your entire disk is toast!
Note²: That leaves you some wriggling room to extend your swap or your data (or both) in an emergency.
Note³: Yes, you can also extend sda3
to the left and then extend sda5
to the left but that will not give you the 10% spare (unallocated) space for emergency extension in the future and the entire process is going to take all night anyway.
Why reserve 10% OP did not ask for it. If they need swap in a hurry, they can add a file as swap.
– ctrl-alt-delor
Nov 24 at 0:03
1
In the good old days of separate command line tools, I could extend sda3, move sda5, then extend sda5 without moving sda6. Can we not do that anymore?
– ctrl-alt-delor
Nov 24 at 0:04
@ctrl-alt-delor yes, we can. (see Note³) I'm just stating an opinion what I would do... (edited to includegparted
live)
– Fabby
Nov 24 at 9:08
add a comment |
up vote
1
down vote
accepted
up vote
1
down vote
accepted
That's because you have unallocated space outside of the extended partition (sda3
) which contains the partition you want to extend (sda5
) so I would:
- Take a full system backup using CloneZilla Live¹
- Boot a live environment of gparted
- Move
sda3
to the left (this will move bothsda5
andsda6
as well) - Extend
sda3
with the now free space at the end - Move
sda6
to the end ofsda3
- Extend
sda5
still leaving 10% of the disk space unallocated betweensda5
andsda6
²
Note¹: Yes, take a backup! If you have a power failure in any of the following steps, your entire disk is toast!
Note²: That leaves you some wriggling room to extend your swap or your data (or both) in an emergency.
Note³: Yes, you can also extend sda3
to the left and then extend sda5
to the left but that will not give you the 10% spare (unallocated) space for emergency extension in the future and the entire process is going to take all night anyway.
That's because you have unallocated space outside of the extended partition (sda3
) which contains the partition you want to extend (sda5
) so I would:
- Take a full system backup using CloneZilla Live¹
- Boot a live environment of gparted
- Move
sda3
to the left (this will move bothsda5
andsda6
as well) - Extend
sda3
with the now free space at the end - Move
sda6
to the end ofsda3
- Extend
sda5
still leaving 10% of the disk space unallocated betweensda5
andsda6
²
Note¹: Yes, take a backup! If you have a power failure in any of the following steps, your entire disk is toast!
Note²: That leaves you some wriggling room to extend your swap or your data (or both) in an emergency.
Note³: Yes, you can also extend sda3
to the left and then extend sda5
to the left but that will not give you the 10% spare (unallocated) space for emergency extension in the future and the entire process is going to take all night anyway.
edited Nov 24 at 9:03
answered Nov 23 at 21:58
Fabby
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Why reserve 10% OP did not ask for it. If they need swap in a hurry, they can add a file as swap.
– ctrl-alt-delor
Nov 24 at 0:03
1
In the good old days of separate command line tools, I could extend sda3, move sda5, then extend sda5 without moving sda6. Can we not do that anymore?
– ctrl-alt-delor
Nov 24 at 0:04
@ctrl-alt-delor yes, we can. (see Note³) I'm just stating an opinion what I would do... (edited to includegparted
live)
– Fabby
Nov 24 at 9:08
add a comment |
Why reserve 10% OP did not ask for it. If they need swap in a hurry, they can add a file as swap.
– ctrl-alt-delor
Nov 24 at 0:03
1
In the good old days of separate command line tools, I could extend sda3, move sda5, then extend sda5 without moving sda6. Can we not do that anymore?
– ctrl-alt-delor
Nov 24 at 0:04
@ctrl-alt-delor yes, we can. (see Note³) I'm just stating an opinion what I would do... (edited to includegparted
live)
– Fabby
Nov 24 at 9:08
Why reserve 10% OP did not ask for it. If they need swap in a hurry, they can add a file as swap.
– ctrl-alt-delor
Nov 24 at 0:03
Why reserve 10% OP did not ask for it. If they need swap in a hurry, they can add a file as swap.
– ctrl-alt-delor
Nov 24 at 0:03
1
1
In the good old days of separate command line tools, I could extend sda3, move sda5, then extend sda5 without moving sda6. Can we not do that anymore?
– ctrl-alt-delor
Nov 24 at 0:04
In the good old days of separate command line tools, I could extend sda3, move sda5, then extend sda5 without moving sda6. Can we not do that anymore?
– ctrl-alt-delor
Nov 24 at 0:04
@ctrl-alt-delor yes, we can. (see Note³) I'm just stating an opinion what I would do... (edited to include
gparted
live)– Fabby
Nov 24 at 9:08
@ctrl-alt-delor yes, we can. (see Note³) I'm just stating an opinion what I would do... (edited to include
gparted
live)– Fabby
Nov 24 at 9:08
add a comment |
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That image has a colored, not a greyed out checkmark for apply.
That means you need to apply the pending actions and reboot.
- After the reboot, try to resize the partition.
Dont try to shrink the unallocated space.
- Grow the partition you want bigger then apply.
And of course reboot again.
add a comment |
up vote
0
down vote
That image has a colored, not a greyed out checkmark for apply.
That means you need to apply the pending actions and reboot.
- After the reboot, try to resize the partition.
Dont try to shrink the unallocated space.
- Grow the partition you want bigger then apply.
And of course reboot again.
add a comment |
up vote
0
down vote
up vote
0
down vote
That image has a colored, not a greyed out checkmark for apply.
That means you need to apply the pending actions and reboot.
- After the reboot, try to resize the partition.
Dont try to shrink the unallocated space.
- Grow the partition you want bigger then apply.
And of course reboot again.
That image has a colored, not a greyed out checkmark for apply.
That means you need to apply the pending actions and reboot.
- After the reboot, try to resize the partition.
Dont try to shrink the unallocated space.
- Grow the partition you want bigger then apply.
And of course reboot again.
answered Nov 24 at 8:02
Michael Prokopec
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That ntfs partition, is probably just wasted space, left over from a previous Microsoft Windows install.
– ctrl-alt-delor
Nov 24 at 0:05
Thank you for the acceptance! Favour returned, question upvoted! ;-)
– Fabby
Nov 24 at 21:13