In this tutorial, the author explains how to resize a Linux partition using GParted when you have unallocated space on your hard drive. They demonstrate the process using an Ubuntu system, covering steps from creating a bootable live image to resizing the root file partition and managing swap. Highlights 📟 To resize Linux partitions, create a bootable live image using tools like Balena Etcher. 🖥 Boot into the live environment and use GParted, a disk management tool, to make the changes. 💾 Carefully select the correct disk to avoid making changes to the wrong one. 🔄 If you have a swap partition, turn off swap, resize or move it, and turn it back on. 📊 Extend the root file partition to utilize unallocated space. 🔒 Always back up your data before making changes to your disks. 🚀 After completing the process, restart your system and ensure the changes took effect.
@SavvyNik
10 ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing the useful details!
@SavvyNik
10 ай бұрын
pinned
@DamianAI9
2 ай бұрын
💀a.i.
@CasJarAI
Жыл бұрын
Man!!! I wasted my day looking for how to do that, and you solve so easy!!! Thanks for sharing. The best video!
@SavvyNik
Жыл бұрын
No problem glad you found it
@Phoenix-jf2rx
Жыл бұрын
Yeah. Finally I did it. I was reading articles about it, but really didn't want to do it through the terminal. They said Gparted only will work if free partition is on the right, but it did work for me. Thank you!
@SavvyNik
Жыл бұрын
No problem glad you were able to get it done
@SavvyNik
2 жыл бұрын
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Жыл бұрын
Thank you! I've looked at many videos on this topic and you just nailed it with the safest and easiest way to achieve this. I really appreciate it!
@SavvyNik
Жыл бұрын
Glad to hear it. No problem
@ryanbezuhly1337
Жыл бұрын
Thank you very much! I’ve resized partitions many times in the past, I had the issue where I shrunk one partition to add onto another, and my unused space wound up on /dev/sda9, but I couldn’t figure out how to move it over, you covered this topic very well, unlike everyone else!
@programmer6548
Жыл бұрын
Thank you! I was searching for hours to know how to do this
@SavvyNik
Жыл бұрын
You're welcome
@swellequation2861
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the clear and easy to follow tutorial! Helped me a lot
@SavvyNik
2 жыл бұрын
You're welcome! Glad you liked it.
@xGasPer
6 ай бұрын
You saved me from having to format my work laptop, you're a legend!
@SavvyNik
6 ай бұрын
Love to hear it
@chibuikeoffu
2 жыл бұрын
I suffered all round the internet till I met this. Freaking legend
@SavvyNik
2 жыл бұрын
Haha well thanks :)
@efosabeloved2918
2 жыл бұрын
Easy and straight to the point. Nice video
@atMagnusKnight
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for this! I couldn't figure out why I couldn't resize my partition, and it was because other partitions were in the way. I moved those one by one and then I could resize the one I wanted.
@BlindManBert
Жыл бұрын
Great video… saved me a bunch of time in transferring three Linux systems to larger 1TB drives. I’ve been using gparted for years, but in such specific ways that I didn’t realize the move/resize function existed, much less would be so easy to use. Truly the Swiss Army knife of Linux partitioning utilities, and together with Balena Etcher or other ‘dd’-based to clone partitions you really can do what you want without too much hassle (not counting the time required to move very large partitions). I use a custom script to do the dd work, but only because Balena Etcher is hardwired to run only a single verification pass. For older drives, and especially older SSD drives, I prefer four to six verification passes just to be on the safe side, but that’s just me. It’s not so important if you’re Etching a temporary boot drive, as in this video, but it might make a difference if you’re cloning truly vital data that you want to assure isn’t corrupted. Thanks for posting this video!!
@BlindManBert
Жыл бұрын
My one criticism of the video is that it dives into the weeds quickly, showing how you can’t move/resize a mounted partition, and then showing the steps to create a temporary bootable system so you can work in gparted with the target partitions unmounted. That’s a bit like burying the lead story, how gparted will be used in the end. It might have been helpful to describe the overall steps broadly before diving into the weeds right off. But that’s just me… I like to understand the overall path before thinking about individual steps. And really that’s just my one and only criticism. Very helpful!!
@QuackerJack09
2 жыл бұрын
God dammit, watched so many tuts and every time the same nonsense and no solution. And finally... i found yours. Thanks man! Helped me out - pretty easy to solve if you know what do to :D. Moving swap fixed it. Couldnt expand main drive.
@SavvyNik
2 жыл бұрын
Awesome to hear! Glad you liked it.
@sirflappington2484
Жыл бұрын
This really helped me. I need to move ubuntu server from a 2tb hdd to a 1tb ssd and i needed to downsize the partition in order to do that.
@nikolairose2739
Жыл бұрын
For any one dual booting. When Linux is to the right of the free space. You can move it all the way to the left. Then simply move it all the way to the right while in your fake Linux(I used the USB) and call it a day.
@BrendanClements
10 ай бұрын
Thank you. I tried watching a few videos before that just dragged on very slowly without saying anything and at the end my question wasn't even answered. Thank you!!!
@SavvyNik
10 ай бұрын
No problem
@parikshitsinghrathore9167
Жыл бұрын
It took hardly 10 min to understand. Thank you so much!!!
@SavvyNik
Жыл бұрын
np, glad you liked it
@mchi2214
10 ай бұрын
Thank you again Nik! My disk looks great and uncluttered.
@jaimee8054
Жыл бұрын
Incredibly useful and clear! Great video!
@Limyang11
2 жыл бұрын
This work for me And without any those ads third party tool Thanks
@SavvyNik
2 жыл бұрын
Glad to hear that, you're welcome!
@user-eq1er5lh3d
Жыл бұрын
Thank you! It worked out for me! you r the only one who showed this trick!!!!!))
@bouabahmed3525
2 жыл бұрын
Perfect !!! Just what i was looking for
@SavvyNik
2 жыл бұрын
Glad you found it!
@immortalbeings563
Жыл бұрын
Exactly
@Clanps
Жыл бұрын
Used the gparted live usb with a desktop so I could quickly expand my arch installation. Thank you for showing me the sliding, that's where I got stuck.
@baba_tj6352
3 ай бұрын
Thanks a lot brother, I have been wondering so long for this solution but nowhere found this great solution
@NeilCorke
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for posting this - did exactly what I needed!
@SavvyNik
Жыл бұрын
No problem
@waltermitty4132
2 жыл бұрын
Superb video, as usual. One question: In a dual-boot situation, if Windows is at /sda2, can I use your method to shrink Windows, then extend Linux to the left instead of the right? I need to increase the space for Linux, but my unused space is at to the left of the Linux partition, not the right.
@SavvyNik
2 жыл бұрын
Not as easy to do, you maybe able to move the partition up into the unallocated space but I haven't had much luck with this in the past.. what I normally have to do is clone the partition up to the new space which is tricky as well. They didn't make that scenario easy. LVM's however make this process much easier.
@waltermitty4132
2 жыл бұрын
@@SavvyNik Thanks, Nik. I was concerned that GRUB would not be able to find the new starting location for the Linux partition. Apparently it is even more complicated than what I had considered. Appreciate the prompt reply you rendered.'
@justsomerandompersononthei2595
2 жыл бұрын
It is possible as long as you use gparted, but you have to boot into a live USB. Otherwise, it will not let you extend the linux partition as it is mounted.
@hector-m-carrillo
2 жыл бұрын
For any people from the future, in the words of Tom Howard, "It just works" In gparted, you can move Linux to the left and then extend it right. Nothing more to it
@waltermitty4132
2 жыл бұрын
@@hector-m-carrillo Did it, and it worked! Thanks to all who replied.
@prodigyfreeman3935
2 жыл бұрын
Dual boot process works. U should most certainly be able to do it even if the unallocated space is in front of the partition.
@mohamedamrali1993
2 жыл бұрын
How did you manage that? Can you clarify? I have 1) windows, 2) ubuntu. I shrink the windows by 20 Gb, and I end up with the unallocated space right in the middle. How do I expand the Ubuntu partition to the left? Thanks!!
@Visionist
2 жыл бұрын
Worked fine for me.
@mikeyfoofoo
2 жыл бұрын
So much easier to boot to the live desktop disk and resize than the command line. I've done both for ubuntu server. It's a time saver.
@lionelguaregua820
2 жыл бұрын
Excellent video, I had days looking for a solution, ty
@SavvyNik
2 жыл бұрын
You're welcome!
@kloboucek
Жыл бұрын
Great tutorial, thanks Nik!!
@SavvyNik
Жыл бұрын
Glad you liked it!
@abaneyone
9 ай бұрын
Thank you for this excellent tutorial, helped me tremendously!
@SavvyNik
9 ай бұрын
Glad it helped!
@ivansavchenco5636
Жыл бұрын
OMG you bios is like a windows)))) I am using Ubuntu just in case)
@angganarotama
26 күн бұрын
Only this tutorial that actually works, other just recommend a lot of useless commands
@Unknown88851
2 ай бұрын
I LOVE YOU THANK YOU FINALLY SOEMTHING THAT WORKED
@sach2274
Жыл бұрын
Works like a charm! Thank you brother! You saved my day!
@SavvyNik
Жыл бұрын
Glad to hear it :)
@Shikayou-iv8os
Жыл бұрын
You are awesome my man!
@mohsenazimi8692
Жыл бұрын
The training was complete and practical, thank you 🙏
@SavvyNik
Жыл бұрын
Glad you liked it!
@astroflexx82
10 ай бұрын
Thanks a lot ❤ Very nice and easy to follow tutorial. Worked well for me 😊
@SavvyNik
10 ай бұрын
Np, glad to hear it
@vadimsarthannel4565
Жыл бұрын
Helped a lot! October 2022 ubuntu 20.0
@americandad_8881
Жыл бұрын
Working flawlessly! Thank you.
@SavvyNik
Жыл бұрын
No problem, glad things worked out
@boulerice-archives
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you! This was clear and helpful
@SavvyNik
2 жыл бұрын
You’re welcome!
@AHMEDADEL-qx2ip
2 жыл бұрын
You're the best man!
@SavvyNik
2 жыл бұрын
:)
@Rigual
Жыл бұрын
thank you! had to look for this video since I'm no longer dual booting my steamdeck and wanted the space back for steamos, than you again :)
@Kartik_9512
Жыл бұрын
Thanks mate, I learnt something amazing today.
@SavvyNik
Жыл бұрын
Glad to hear it
@abderrahmanesebaa7638
Жыл бұрын
Thank you, your video was very helpful for me. Keep up the good work.
@SavvyNik
Жыл бұрын
No problem, thanks for the support
@michealowen8144
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the tutorial, it works really well!!!
@SavvyNik
2 жыл бұрын
You're welcome! Glad you liked it.
@olgermannik1830
2 жыл бұрын
It worked for me.
@tutti9745
Жыл бұрын
Very helpfull indeed! Keep up the great work
@SavvyNik
Жыл бұрын
Thanks :))
@MOHAMMADNOORI-wx6lq
7 ай бұрын
Thanks a lot. It works successfully for me!
@formynews
Жыл бұрын
Exactly what I need!
@romanbykov5922
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks. The big 100-dollar question is what can you do if the EFI partition is in between two partitions and you want to resize one of them and move the EFI partition elsewhere.
@SavvyNik
2 жыл бұрын
Good luck, that involves cloning between partitions. Typically there's not enough space for that so it has to be cloned between disks.
@heshamhassan2907
2 жыл бұрын
It felt like you're awesome!
@SavvyNik
2 жыл бұрын
Haha thanks!
@boo9oob
6 ай бұрын
you are a f***cking hero!
@manofmartin
8 ай бұрын
You were useful. Here's a like. Here's a sub.
@frankkolmann4801
5 ай бұрын
The hardest part for me was creating the bootable USB then updating the BIOS to put USB boot first. UBUNTU has a Startup Disk Creator.
@Cart1416
Жыл бұрын
I have the efi in the way so how do I fix that?
@sexypai2005
4 ай бұрын
Same for me
@bojackhorsingaround
4 ай бұрын
BTW a very handy video.. thank you! Amazing channel.. so many utility uploads. Subscribed!
@hrudaynandantudu3233
Жыл бұрын
Thanks bro. You saved me☺
@vapa7065
Жыл бұрын
You are a star. Thank you
@SavvyNik
Жыл бұрын
You're welcome!
@aman.40399
Ай бұрын
Thanx learned a lot
@alisjs4584
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks, helped a lot
@SavvyNik
2 жыл бұрын
You're welcome! Think about subscribing for more :)
@ratulxy
2 жыл бұрын
It works wonders!!
@SavvyNik
2 жыл бұрын
:)
@Neodx2
5 ай бұрын
Absolute W
@gwdipesh19
Жыл бұрын
Thank you sir
@afuckingnameplz
2 жыл бұрын
thank you, really useful
@SavvyNik
2 жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful! You're welcome :)
@richardson2287
Жыл бұрын
you are the man!!!!
@SavvyNik
Жыл бұрын
Thanks :)
@lucchi9633
2 жыл бұрын
thanks it worked!!
@SavvyNik
2 жыл бұрын
You're welcome!
@panosevangeliou9682
Жыл бұрын
Great video. Everything worked! Thanks!
@trapOrdoom
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you bro!
@SavvyNik
2 жыл бұрын
No problem!
@gamedan0857
8 ай бұрын
Mil gracias!
@Ballissle
Ай бұрын
So my problem is the efi partition is right in the middle of my unallocated space and ext4 system files partition.... So my only option is to move the efi partition to the left of it all and then grow the filesystem into the unallocated space. If I have to reinstall or repair ah well. Better than having hardly any space.
@direwolfesp6366
29 күн бұрын
I have the same problem rn, how did it go for you?
@Ballissle
29 күн бұрын
It actually went totally fine. I moved the efi partition to the far left and then extended the main space into the unallocated. No issues.
@direwolfesp6366
29 күн бұрын
@@Ballissle Thanks for answering so fast man, good to hear that everything went ok i might try to do the same 🙏
@oneofusall
Жыл бұрын
Cheers!
@SavvyNik
Жыл бұрын
🍻
@SpicinDmitry
Жыл бұрын
You cool man! Thank you.
@SavvyNik
Жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it
@miguelpereira9095
3 ай бұрын
Great video, but how is the preocess if the unallocated space is before the ubuntu partition? how to use that space and merge it with linux partition?
@stefannadler3687
6 ай бұрын
thanks man !!!!
@somnathdas8922
4 ай бұрын
Hey, you don't know Ubuntu disks? Maybe it's available in the newer version.
@walleis
2 жыл бұрын
Great video ;) +1 like
@SavvyNik
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@dennyabbaszain2800
2 ай бұрын
thanks a lot 🤩
@LuzKramer
9 ай бұрын
After i did this i can't select where download files from my browsers and i can't select where is the default download location. I tried in brave,opera and firefox.
@victortesla2935
7 күн бұрын
I have window and ubuntu i have a SSD and the partition are like this Efi | window | 40gb | ubuntu / | ubuntu home | swap Now I want to get 20 space from window and add it to 40 gb which is easy so now it will look like this Efi | window | 60gb | ubuntu / | ubuntu home | swap I can do this easy but my question is can I remove 20 gb from my ubuntu home and move it over ubuntu / so that my 60 becames 80 gb Step-1 Efi | window | 60gb | ubuntu / | 20gb | ubuntu home | swap Step-2 Efi | window | 80gb | ubuntu / | ubuntu home | swap Do you think this will break the system i didn't made any changes to efi partion so I think this should be fine
@FlutterShipp
2 жыл бұрын
I was stuck due to the swap partition. I removed it and expanded the disc but When i boot, i faced a problem. No such partition. Entering rescue mode. Then i solved it vy watching a video from ASA Technical channel.
@TheAloyz
3 ай бұрын
Hello, thank you for this guide, he helped me a lot. However, I have a problem, because after enlarging of the partition , the system (Openmediavault) boots noticeably longer. What could be the reason?
@fpdomain
Жыл бұрын
still have one unallocated space that I cannot attribute to the linux partition
@noobdotx
Жыл бұрын
Hey Everything is working fine now ! BUT my booting had become slow, what to do?
@Kiguru100
5 ай бұрын
Thanks a lot.
@ismailkh5638
Жыл бұрын
👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻
@geraldandres2224
Жыл бұрын
I had a dual boot with Linuxmint 20.3 and Win 7. The Win 7 has died, how can I reclaim the partition to add back to Linuxmint?
@rajabnatshah6256
Жыл бұрын
Thank you :)
@SavvyNik
Жыл бұрын
You're welcome!
@themikecaselles
5 ай бұрын
My filesystem still shows the same size. What do I do to extend the file system to use the fully allocated space?
@spideyyedips6109
2 жыл бұрын
Can we do this if it is encrypted?
@SavvyNik
2 жыл бұрын
I assume you have encryption setup with an lvm which is a different method - help.ubuntu.com/community/ResizeEncryptedPartitions
@spideyyedips6109
2 жыл бұрын
@@SavvyNik thanks
@bbnCRLB
Жыл бұрын
I have a Home Partition different from root partition. Can I shrink the home and allocated the space to the root partition using this method?
@coria6231
Жыл бұрын
Question, if I already have the bootable disk with my linux distro on, can I just skip the 3 steps and just go to gparted step or still have to do all the 4 steps?
@bishop316
2 жыл бұрын
Hi, i was just wondering if it possible to extend the boot partition? I heard you said not to mess with that partition, but is it ok to only extend it? Thanks
@SavvyNik
2 жыл бұрын
Typically no, especially when it's the first partition because that would require moving the root partition which is a mess.
@AlinaKlein953
Жыл бұрын
please help!!! My flash drive accidentally got removed when i was gparting what should i do
@Pranav69420
11 ай бұрын
I have zorin os and the storage is shown as 16gib, but the disk i put is 240 gib.
@stmobama3357
2 жыл бұрын
Does this method cope well with dual boot? I'm currently using Windows 11 and Ubuntu 22.04, will it damage my Window or Ubuntu system?
@akhmadali5064
8 ай бұрын
I accidentally create swap partition way higher than i need when installing linux, and i would like decrease the swap partition and make home partition the rest of it. is there any way to create home partition in gparted?
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