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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?

DJCrashdummy
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Paul-Darius
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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 '16 at 11:46
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    Possible duplicate of [How to resize partitions?](http://askubuntu.com/questions/126153/how-to-resize-partitions) – Pilot6 Feb 17 '16 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](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lvm) setup. – Rod Smith Feb 17 '16 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. – Paul-Darius Feb 18 '16 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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