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I would like to change the size of my ubuntu partition /dev/sda8. I am in this configuration: My config

Unhappily, I can not manually use the unallocated memory of 56 GB. Hence I have two questions : why? And how can I use this available memory to increase my partition's size anyway?

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  • You need do boot from LiveCD and move other partitions. You can't just "use" unallocated space. You can only extend a partition.
    – Pilot6
    Feb 17, 2016 at 11:46
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    Possible duplicate of How to resize partitions?
    – Pilot6
    Feb 17, 2016 at 11:47
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    Note that, to use the first available space, you must first resize the extended partition that contains all the logical partitions. If you want to create one new partition that occupies all the available free space, you must move several partitions. Alternatively, you could create two partitions and use them in an LVM setup.
    – Rod Smith
    Feb 17, 2016 at 13:50
  • Thank you all for your help. The problem is not how to use gparted. That is my bad, I did not explain my problem very clearly. My actual problem is that I can not reallocate the unallocated memory to /dev/sda8 nor /dev/sda9. When I try to resize these two partitions, the software does not give my the possibility to give it more space, even if I have dozens of unallocated GigaBytes elsewhere on my hard-drive. I do not understand why and how to deal with this issue. Thank you all again. Feb 18, 2016 at 11:30

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Follow these steps :

  1. Boot from a LiveUSB or CD in "Try Ubuntu" mode.
  2. Open Gparted partiotion editor (It is installed by default. If not you can install it by using the command sudo apt-get install gparted)
  3. Resize your partitions.
    • Right click on the partition to be resized
    • Click on Resize/Move
    • Adjust the size of the partition
    • Click Resize/Move
  4. Click apply.
  5. Reboot and take out the USB stick or CD.

You can also do this by using Gparted live.

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