How to use gparted to resize hdd?

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I installed Gparted as I used to in 7.10 and was going to resize my partion when I saw that I can't resize my Ubuntu OS partion. I used to do it in 7.10 to dual-boot with Windows. But I'm locked out or something. I do not have the root acces to change the HDD. What do I have to do to make it possible?

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 23 '12 at 18:48

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You can't resize a partition when you are using it.

So you have to use an Ubuntu Live CD, boot on it, and then do your operations from the Live environment. Eventually, you have to "swap off", that is to say turn the swap partition off by using Gparted.

answered Jan 23 '12 at 18:48

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Thank=) It's been some changes sins I last used Ubuntu=) I'm gonna try it out now=) – MattsuOrusan Jan 23 '12 at 18:56
If this was the correct answer, please upvote it and select it as the best answer (green check mark). – Agmenor Jan 23 '12 at 18:57
It worked like a sharme:D Thx ! – MattsuOrusan Jan 26 '12 at 15:17

How to use gparted to resize hdd?

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