What does "Free space preceding" and "Free space following" mean? I checked GParted manual but could not find an answer.
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Free space preceding is used if you are moving the partition to make space for a new partition to the left of the current partition.
Free space following is used to create space for new partition that follows (right side of) the current partition.
For eg: In the following, I've re-sized my current partition to create 501MB space for a new partition on left and another for a 323MB partition on right of my current partition.
You have to be careful when moving the start sector of partition because if you move the Linux partition containing /boot, or if you move the Windows system partition C: your computer might not boot.
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