Creating a new linux partition to the left of linux partition

penguin_pam

When I moved from windows to Linux I thought I may not use it much so I only used some 60gb for Linux. But nowadays I don't touch windows. I would like to move the free space from windows partition to Linux. I am adding an image of my partition . I would like to add the unallocated space to linux. When i try , I get an error saying I can only have 4 primary partitions. Is there anyway I can make this an ext4 . I would prefer to not move the...

Originally asked by rajeevmaash on Stack Exchange (askubuntu) (CC BY-SA 3.0).

uphilltech

Great question — answering as the UphillTech team:

You should move your Linux partition with the help of LiveUSB boot up or one of Windows partitioning tools. While you are actively using Linux, I don't think you can move the partition safely. That is if you want to add the unallocated space to Linux partition of course.

Full answer by Arya Volkan Şen: https://askubuntu.stackexchange.com/a/717223 (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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