How can I enlarge the storage for windows?
I have both Windows10 and Ubuntu18 installed. But recently I find that there is not enough storage for Windows, so I want to enlarge the storage for Windows. What should I do without harming any one of the systems?
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I have both Windows10 and Ubuntu18 installed. But recently I find that there is not enough storage for Windows, so I want to enlarge the storage for Windows. What should I do without harming any one of the systems?
windows windows-10 ubuntu
asked Feb 15 at 2:15
Sherwin ChenSherwin Chen
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add a comment |
I have both Windows10 and Ubuntu18 installed. But recently I find that there is not enough storage for Windows, so I want to enlarge the storage for Windows. What should I do without harming any one of the systems?
windows windows-10 ubuntu
asked Feb 15 at 2:15
Sherwin ChenSherwin Chen
1032
I have both Windows10 and Ubuntu18 installed. But recently I find that there is not enough storage for Windows, so I want to enlarge the storage for Windows. What should I do without harming any one of the systems?
windows windows-10 ubuntu
windows windows-10 ubuntu
asked Feb 15 at 2:15
Sherwin ChenSherwin Chen
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asked Feb 15 at 2:15
Sherwin ChenSherwin Chen
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asked Feb 15 at 2:15
Sherwin ChenSherwin Chen
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asked Feb 15 at 2:15
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asked Feb 15 at 2:15
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The easiest,sanest method is simple to buy another hard drive.
Second option, use something like gparted live CD/DVD/bootable USB to do the re-partitioning. However, this carries risks of you screwing it up.
- Shrink the linux partition.
- Move it to the right.
- Extend the windows partition into the vacated space.
- Apply
- Wait a long time
Complication, many linux OS use multiple partitions, and then you have to shrink the right one.
- Shrink the one with the most free space
- Move it to the right
- Move all of the ones that are in the way to the right.
3a. Shrink extended partition to the right as needed - Finally expand the windows partition.
- Click apply
- Wait a long time
In addition, with MBR you can only have 4 primary partitions. So you might have to mess with extended partitions depending on your existing setup. In addition, you might already have 4 primary partition and be unable to create an extended partition if you need one.
Even then, it might screw up grub and you might have to fix it. Get the grub rescue DVD
https://www.supergrubdisk.org/super-grub2-disk/
GPT frees you from the whole primary partition,extended, and logical partition nightmare but has other caveats.
Therefore adding a second hard drive is the simplest because all you have to do is connect 2 cables and format the drive and there is no risk of damaging your data.
answered Feb 15 at 2:49
cybernardcybernard
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Another thing you can do is if you have too much free storage space in Ubuntu, you can:
- shrink the Ubuntu partition
- make a new partition from the newly freed space, formatted so Windows can read it (ntfs, fat, etc)
- use the new partition with Windows (as an additional or second partition)
You should be able to do this with gparted from a live USB.
edited Feb 15 at 3:47
Xen2050
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answered Feb 15 at 2:56
GrizzlyGrizzly
488
That would add an extra storage drive for Windows, and you don't have to move any partitions (which is more risky than just shrinking IMO), and would be easy to share the storage with Linux and Windows. And in the future you could reformat it for Linux only, or expand Linux's drive back into it.
– Xen2050
Feb 15 at 3:40
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The easiest,sanest method is simple to buy another hard drive.
Second option, use something like gparted live CD/DVD/bootable USB to do the re-partitioning. However, this carries risks of you screwing it up.
- Shrink the linux partition.
- Move it to the right.
- Extend the windows partition into the vacated space.
- Apply
- Wait a long time
Complication, many linux OS use multiple partitions, and then you have to shrink the right one.
- Shrink the one with the most free space
- Move it to the right
- Move all of the ones that are in the way to the right.
3a. Shrink extended partition to the right as needed - Finally expand the windows partition.
- Click apply
- Wait a long time
In addition, with MBR you can only have 4 primary partitions. So you might have to mess with extended partitions depending on your existing setup. In addition, you might already have 4 primary partition and be unable to create an extended partition if you need one.
Even then, it might screw up grub and you might have to fix it. Get the grub rescue DVD
https://www.supergrubdisk.org/super-grub2-disk/
GPT frees you from the whole primary partition,extended, and logical partition nightmare but has other caveats.
Therefore adding a second hard drive is the simplest because all you have to do is connect 2 cables and format the drive and there is no risk of damaging your data.
answered Feb 15 at 2:49
cybernardcybernard
10.5k31628
add a comment |
The easiest,sanest method is simple to buy another hard drive.
Second option, use something like gparted live CD/DVD/bootable USB to do the re-partitioning. However, this carries risks of you screwing it up.
- Shrink the linux partition.
- Move it to the right.
- Extend the windows partition into the vacated space.
- Apply
- Wait a long time
Complication, many linux OS use multiple partitions, and then you have to shrink the right one.
- Shrink the one with the most free space
- Move it to the right
- Move all of the ones that are in the way to the right.
3a. Shrink extended partition to the right as needed - Finally expand the windows partition.
- Click apply
- Wait a long time
In addition, with MBR you can only have 4 primary partitions. So you might have to mess with extended partitions depending on your existing setup. In addition, you might already have 4 primary partition and be unable to create an extended partition if you need one.
Even then, it might screw up grub and you might have to fix it. Get the grub rescue DVD
https://www.supergrubdisk.org/super-grub2-disk/
GPT frees you from the whole primary partition,extended, and logical partition nightmare but has other caveats.
Therefore adding a second hard drive is the simplest because all you have to do is connect 2 cables and format the drive and there is no risk of damaging your data.
answered Feb 15 at 2:49
cybernardcybernard
10.5k31628
add a comment |
The easiest,sanest method is simple to buy another hard drive.
Second option, use something like gparted live CD/DVD/bootable USB to do the re-partitioning. However, this carries risks of you screwing it up.
- Shrink the linux partition.
- Move it to the right.
- Extend the windows partition into the vacated space.
- Apply
- Wait a long time
Complication, many linux OS use multiple partitions, and then you have to shrink the right one.
- Shrink the one with the most free space
- Move it to the right
- Move all of the ones that are in the way to the right.
3a. Shrink extended partition to the right as needed - Finally expand the windows partition.
- Click apply
- Wait a long time
In addition, with MBR you can only have 4 primary partitions. So you might have to mess with extended partitions depending on your existing setup. In addition, you might already have 4 primary partition and be unable to create an extended partition if you need one.
Even then, it might screw up grub and you might have to fix it. Get the grub rescue DVD
https://www.supergrubdisk.org/super-grub2-disk/
GPT frees you from the whole primary partition,extended, and logical partition nightmare but has other caveats.
Therefore adding a second hard drive is the simplest because all you have to do is connect 2 cables and format the drive and there is no risk of damaging your data.
answered Feb 15 at 2:49
cybernardcybernard
10.5k31628
The easiest,sanest method is simple to buy another hard drive.
Second option, use something like gparted live CD/DVD/bootable USB to do the re-partitioning. However, this carries risks of you screwing it up.
- Shrink the linux partition.
- Move it to the right.
- Extend the windows partition into the vacated space.
- Apply
- Wait a long time
Complication, many linux OS use multiple partitions, and then you have to shrink the right one.
- Shrink the one with the most free space
- Move it to the right
- Move all of the ones that are in the way to the right.
3a. Shrink extended partition to the right as needed - Finally expand the windows partition.
- Click apply
- Wait a long time
In addition, with MBR you can only have 4 primary partitions. So you might have to mess with extended partitions depending on your existing setup. In addition, you might already have 4 primary partition and be unable to create an extended partition if you need one.
Even then, it might screw up grub and you might have to fix it. Get the grub rescue DVD
https://www.supergrubdisk.org/super-grub2-disk/
GPT frees you from the whole primary partition,extended, and logical partition nightmare but has other caveats.
Therefore adding a second hard drive is the simplest because all you have to do is connect 2 cables and format the drive and there is no risk of damaging your data.
answered Feb 15 at 2:49
cybernardcybernard
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edited Feb 15 at 3:07
answered Feb 15 at 2:49
cybernardcybernard
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answered Feb 15 at 2:49
cybernardcybernard
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answered Feb 15 at 2:49
cybernardcybernard
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Another thing you can do is if you have too much free storage space in Ubuntu, you can:
- shrink the Ubuntu partition
- make a new partition from the newly freed space, formatted so Windows can read it (ntfs, fat, etc)
- use the new partition with Windows (as an additional or second partition)
You should be able to do this with gparted from a live USB.
edited Feb 15 at 3:47
Xen2050
11.3k31637
answered Feb 15 at 2:56
GrizzlyGrizzly
488
That would add an extra storage drive for Windows, and you don't have to move any partitions (which is more risky than just shrinking IMO), and would be easy to share the storage with Linux and Windows. And in the future you could reformat it for Linux only, or expand Linux's drive back into it.
– Xen2050
Feb 15 at 3:40
add a comment |
Another thing you can do is if you have too much free storage space in Ubuntu, you can:
- shrink the Ubuntu partition
- make a new partition from the newly freed space, formatted so Windows can read it (ntfs, fat, etc)
- use the new partition with Windows (as an additional or second partition)
You should be able to do this with gparted from a live USB.
edited Feb 15 at 3:47
Xen2050
11.3k31637
answered Feb 15 at 2:56
GrizzlyGrizzly
488
That would add an extra storage drive for Windows, and you don't have to move any partitions (which is more risky than just shrinking IMO), and would be easy to share the storage with Linux and Windows. And in the future you could reformat it for Linux only, or expand Linux's drive back into it.
– Xen2050
Feb 15 at 3:40
add a comment |
Another thing you can do is if you have too much free storage space in Ubuntu, you can:
- shrink the Ubuntu partition
- make a new partition from the newly freed space, formatted so Windows can read it (ntfs, fat, etc)
- use the new partition with Windows (as an additional or second partition)
You should be able to do this with gparted from a live USB.
edited Feb 15 at 3:47
Xen2050
11.3k31637
answered Feb 15 at 2:56
GrizzlyGrizzly
488
Another thing you can do is if you have too much free storage space in Ubuntu, you can:
- shrink the Ubuntu partition
- make a new partition from the newly freed space, formatted so Windows can read it (ntfs, fat, etc)
- use the new partition with Windows (as an additional or second partition)
You should be able to do this with gparted from a live USB.
edited Feb 15 at 3:47
Xen2050
11.3k31637
answered Feb 15 at 2:56
GrizzlyGrizzly
488
edited Feb 15 at 3:47
Xen2050
11.3k31637
edited Feb 15 at 3:47
Xen2050
11.3k31637
edited Feb 15 at 3:47
Xen2050
11.3k31637
11.3k31637
answered Feb 15 at 2:56
GrizzlyGrizzly
488
answered Feb 15 at 2:56
GrizzlyGrizzly
488
answered Feb 15 at 2:56
GrizzlyGrizzly
488
488
That would add an extra storage drive for Windows, and you don't have to move any partitions (which is more risky than just shrinking IMO), and would be easy to share the storage with Linux and Windows. And in the future you could reformat it for Linux only, or expand Linux's drive back into it.
– Xen2050
Feb 15 at 3:40
add a comment |
That would add an extra storage drive for Windows, and you don't have to move any partitions (which is more risky than just shrinking IMO), and would be easy to share the storage with Linux and Windows. And in the future you could reformat it for Linux only, or expand Linux's drive back into it.
– Xen2050
Feb 15 at 3:40
That would add an extra storage drive for Windows, and you don't have to move any partitions (which is more risky than just shrinking IMO), and would be easy to share the storage with Linux and Windows. And in the future you could reformat it for Linux only, or expand Linux's drive back into it.
– Xen2050
Feb 15 at 3:40
That would add an extra storage drive for Windows, and you don't have to move any partitions (which is more risky than just shrinking IMO), and would be easy to share the storage with Linux and Windows. And in the future you could reformat it for Linux only, or expand Linux's drive back into it.
– Xen2050
Feb 15 at 3:40
add a comment |
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