So, I have a dual boot Windows/Linux system but was running out of space. I bought a new hard drive with more space, cloned the drive and I now have the same dual boot system with unallocated space. The problem I ran into is I can’t extend the windows partition unless it’s adjacent to the windows partition, which is annoying.
Here’s a screenshot of what I’m working with:
https://postimg.cc/vcxZnQzQ
So, I can’t add the unallocated portion to the ext4 (linux) extension either (because of course I can’t). It’s worth noting I’m running on an ubuntu live image off a flash drive so no partitions are current in use. So here’s my current plan of attack:
- Merge ext4 with linux-swap
- merge extended ex4 with unallocated partition
- Split partition with desired extra windows space before space preceeding ext4 extension
- In windows, merge the unallocated section with windows partition
My main questions are:
- Is this a good plan?
- Is there an issue with removing the swap partition? I think I can create a new one from linux once the new linux partition and windows partitions are setup
- Should I allocate a space at the same time for a swap partition or plan on doing it later on (fallocate / chmod / mkswap / swapon / fstab)?
Any advice you can give me so I don’t screw anything up would be appreciated! I do have my data backed up to the original hard drive so I shouldn’t be at risk of losing anything. Thanks!