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I am using Ubuntu 19.04 right now, and I have a / and /home partition created on my laptop. I didn't set up LVM during installation. Now my / partition is running low on space, and I'd like to transfer some of space from /home to it.

  1. Both have Ext4 format, and / (/dev/nvme0n1p10) is located right before /home(/dev/nvme0n1p11).
  2. I have a Windows 10 installed too, /dev/nvme0n1p3 for C and /dev/nvme0n1p4 for D
  3. I also have a /boot partition (/dev/nvme0n1p8) and a swap partition (/dev/nvme0n1p9)

So how can I do that?
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Make sure that you have a good backup of your important Ubuntu files, as this procedure can corrupt or lose data.

Keep these things in mind:

  • always start the entire procedure with issuing a swapoff on any mounted swap partitions, and end the entire procedure with issuing a swapon on that same swap partition

  • a move is done by pointing the mouse pointer at the center of a partition and dragging it left/right with the hand cursor

  • a resize is done by dragging the left/right side of a partition to the left/right with the directional arrow cursor

  • if any partition can't be moved/resized graphically, you may have to manually enter the specific required numeric data (don't do this unless I instruct you to)

  • you begin any move/resize by right-clicking on the partition in the lower pane of the main window, and selecting the desired action from the popup menu, then finishing that action in the new move/resize window

Do the following...

Note: if the procedure doesn't work exactly as I outline, STOP immediately and DO NOT continue.

  • boot to a Ubuntu Live DVD/USB, in “Try Ubuntu” mode
  • start gparted
  • resize (reduce) the right side of p11 by the amount that you wish to add to p10 (~10G)
  • move the p11 partition all the way right
  • resize the right side of p10 all the way right
  • click the Apply icon
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