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Asked: 2017-04-19 13:31:04 +0800 CST

Upgraded to a larger SSD using a cloned copy of existing. Possible to extend the existing partition? [duplicate]

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I was using a 320GB magnetic drive and recently upgraded to a 500GB SSD. The clone process worked but left me with an extra partition of 178GB unallocated space.

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When I click on Move/Resize under /dev/sda6 this appears, showing no available space:

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Is there a safe way to merge this available space into the existing partition /dev/sda2?

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1 Answers

  1. First, you need to be booting from a live DVD or USB so that nothing is mounted.

    Open Gparted from the Live media, and right click sda2 to extend it and take all the remaining free space. This is your container for sda6.

    After that, you can extend sda6 to take up the new free space within the extended partition.

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