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I have got 3 partitions.

  • partition on /dev/sda1 is for files.
  • partition on /dev/sda2 is for microsoft windows (in this partition i have got unallocated space).
  • partition on /dev/sda3 is extended partition (/dev/sda4 and 5 is for ubuntu).

I want to resize Ubuntu partition with only 20 gb. I tried make it bigger but I can only make it smaller.

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  • What do you mean you have "unallocated space" in your windows partition? Unallocated space will have no partition associated.
    – Eddie Dunn
    Dec 11, 2015 at 18:31
  • Zeroth, BACKUP! First, boot Windows and run the disk defragmentation/cleanup tool. Note (write this down!) how much space is actually used. Shutdown Windows politely, so it has a chance to save to disk. Boot Windows again. Happy? Shutdown Windows politely. Boot Gparted from Live CD/USB. Shrink /dev/sda2 to slightly larger than recorded space, by moving the upper edge down. Expand /dev/sda3 into the space. Then expand/mode /dev/sda4 and /dev/sda5. YMMV.
    – waltinator
    Dec 11, 2015 at 20:46
  • Please edit your question to include the output of sudo parted -l /dev/sda and/or a screenshot of GParted. Dec 11, 2015 at 23:21

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You have to have unallocated space following the partition to make it larger. If you want to take space from the earlier partition, you have to first shrink it, then move the later partitions to the left, and then you can make them larger.

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