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I have free space on the disk but I can't add that space to the ubuntu partition, gparted doesn't let me resize the ubuntu partition at all.

I'm running the livecd 14.04 LTS, my ubuntu version is 15.04

gparted screen shot https://i.sstatic.net/UHfQM.png

Edit:

sda1 and sda2 are the windows partition sda3 is my data partition

I want to shrink my data partition (sda3) by around 50gb and add that 50gb to my ubuntu partition (runnning low on space frequently)

I can't add that free space to the sda4

Current state: https://i.sstatic.net/BbBHm.png

Solved:

The free spaces must be next to the partition you want to resize, and all the partitions must not be mounted, even the swap partition (select swapoff)

Gabriel
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You have to do this in steps, not all at once, and you need to move any free space you want to add next to the partition(s) you want to add space to.

First, you need to turn swap off, you can do this from the gparted menu.

Next add the free space to the extended partition (sda4) -> apply changes.

Then you need to move the swap partition so the free space is adjacent to the ubuntu partition (sda5) -> apply changes

Then add the free space before the ubuntu partition -> apply changes

Then add the free space after the ubuntu partition -> apply changes.

Panther
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