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How can I change the size of partition in ubuntu?

Asked by Hanae AUI

I installed both ubunto and windows 7 iin my machine.Then,I discovered that the ubuntu account crashes a lot and it is too slow.. Can anyone help me in adding more space to the ubuntu partition? Thanks

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Use Win7 to resize it's own partition, then expand ubuntu into the new free space in liveCD

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Hanae AUI (hanate4) said : 		#2

I am sorry, but can you give me more details about how to do that in steps? I am new at using Ubuntu

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Hanae AUI (hanate4) said : 		#3

I am sorry, but can you give me more details about how to do that in steps? I am new at using Ubuntu

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delance (olivier-delance) said : 		#4

About expanding Ubuntu partition:
boot on Ubuntu CD
select "Try" instead of "Install"
System->Administration->Gparted (to execute recorded command, use green arrow)

Why do you think you don't have enough space on partition ?
To provide partition table: https://answers.launchpad.net/grub/+faqs "How to provide partition table"

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Hanae AUI (hanate4) said : 		#5

Thanks a lot!! I think so because when I open a lot of tabs for example, it stops and then ends!! also I cannot do a lot of things in parallel for example browsing and opening other applications at the same time!! knowing that I have 2G in RAM, so I thought may be because I didn't allocate enough space!! is my thought correct!!

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Best delance (olivier-delance) said : 		#6

You could need to allocate more space for swap partition (not ext4 main partition). But 2GB is a lot of RAM.
In System->Administration->System Monitor, check usage of CPU and Memory.

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Hanae AUI (hanate4) said : 		#7

Thanks delance, that solved my question.