how to Resize partition on ubuntu?

Question

hi i am using ubuntu and i dont have windows on my system so how can i resize my ubuntu partition so i can install windows 7 and still have ubuntu.

Answer 1

Download Partition Wizard bootable CD. Last download on this page: http://www.partitionwizard.com/download.html



Burn the ISO to a blank CD as an IMAGE file. (I don't know which burning program to use in Ubuntu but it should be already installed on the computer.) Just make sure you burn as an image file rather than as a data file or it won't be bootable.



Boot from the CD and it should be easy to resize/shrink your large partition to create unallocated space. Then Win7 should be able to be installed in the unallocated space. Or you can create a new NTFS partition in the unallocated space and just point Win7 to that.



Resizing is basically step 1 and step 4 from this guide: http://www.partitionwizard.com/help/resize-partition.html (steps 2 and 3 are for a more complicated scenario and unnecessary for a simple resize.)

Answer 2

Oh, that's kind of a tough one. I've never tried it myself. I assume you have just the one partition (besides swap, of course)? I would recommend the utility gparted for manipulating partitions--but of course, it can't work on currently mounted partitions. Yet if you unmount the partition you won't be running an OS on this machine... You might be able to do it by booting the computer off an Ubuntu CD, but I don't know if gparted will be installed natively (I use a derivative, not mainstream Ubuntu). You might also try the Ultimate Boot CD, but I don't know if that will help either.



If you're still stuck, btw, try www.ubuntuforums.org--you can get lots of good help there from people much more knowledgeable than myself.

Answer 3

if want to keep your current files, backup them somewhere

then first start installing windows 7, do a "custom (advanced)" install, and set up the partitions with "drive options (advanced)", probably you want to delete the current partition, and create one for windows, leaving some room for ubuntu system+swap (you will be able to access the win7 partition too from linux) and then install ubuntu, it will find and use the available space

if you want to install windows over ubuntu, it's a bit more tricky, because windows will remove the grub (linux's boot program) but resizing should be easy enough with gparted, but you will need to boot from a live ubuntu CD (it comes with gparted), and if you have ext3 or newer (which is the default partition format) it will allow you to resize the partition, after that, see this page:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RecoveringUbuntuAfterInstallingWindows

Answer 4

have faith you could resize your Ubuntu partition with the Ubuntu installation disk. only pop the disk in, navigate interior the process the menus, blah blah, format basically the abode windows partition (NTFS filesystem), then (i think of) you alter the sliders such that Ubuntu takes over all the area on the stressful rigidity.