{"id":23273,"date":"2024-03-16T01:06:42","date_gmt":"2024-03-16T01:06:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-expand-the-capacity-of-ubuntu-in-a-dual-system\/"},"modified":"2024-03-22T00:52:31","modified_gmt":"2024-03-22T00:52:31","slug":"how-to-expand-the-capacity-of-ubuntu-in-a-dual-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-expand-the-capacity-of-ubuntu-in-a-dual-system\/","title":{"rendered":"How to expand the capacity of Ubuntu in a dual system."},"content":{"rendered":"

To expand the space on Ubuntu, you can follow these steps:<\/p>\n

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  1. To shrink a Windows partition in Windows: Open the “Disk Management” tool, right-click on the Windows partition, select “Shrink Volume” and specify the amount of space to be released.<\/li>\n
  2. Create a new partition: create a new partition on the freed-up space. You can complete this operation using either the “Disk Management” tool or a third-party partition management tool.<\/li>\n
  3. Format the new partition: Format the new partition as EXT4 file system, which is the file system used by Ubuntu. You can use tools like GParted to format the partition.<\/li>\n
  4. Mounting a new partition: Open the terminal and run the following command to view the identifier of the new partition:<\/li>\n
  5. Use the command “sudo fdisk -l”<\/li>\n
  6. Identify the new partition with a label typically represented in the form of “\/dev\/sdXn”, where X is the disk number and n is the partition number.<\/li>\n
  7. Then create a new mount point, such as “\/media\/newdrive”, and run the following command:<\/li>\n
  8. Create a new directory named “newdrive” in the “\/media” directory.<\/li>\n
  9. Next, mount the new partition onto a new mount point and run the following command:<\/li>\n
  10. Mount the specified device (\/dev\/sdXn) to the \/media\/newdrive directory using superuser privileges.<\/li>\n
  11. To update the \/etc\/fstab file, use the following command to open the \/etc\/fstab file:<\/li>\n
  12. Edit the \/etc\/fstab file using sudo nano.<\/li>\n
  13. Add a line at the end of the file to automatically mount the new partition, for example:<\/li>\n
  14. Mount the \/dev\/sdXn partition to \/media\/newdrive with ext4 file system using default settings.<\/li>\n
  15. Save the document and exit.<\/li>\n
  16. Expand Ubuntu partition: Open GParted or another partition management tool, select the partition where Ubuntu is located, right-click on the partition, choose “Resize\/Move,” and adjust the size of the partition to the desired size.<\/li>\n
  17. Please make sure to backup important data and ensure there is sufficient power before adjusting partition sizes to prevent data loss in case of interruption.<\/li>\n
  18. Update file system size: To update the size of the file system, run the following command in the terminal:<\/li>\n
  19. Run the command “sudo resize2fs \/dev\/sdXn”<\/li>\n
  20. This will allow the file system to use the newly adjusted partition size.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    After completing the above steps, the partition size of Ubuntu will be expanded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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