I was on dual boot, then i formatted the other partition to use it with the current ubuntu partition. the 2 partitions i want to make as 1 partition How to do that safely without losing any data
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You've given no specifics (I have no idea what release etc) so advice will thus be *generic*. Copy the data to the partition you want to keep; then re-size as per duplicate link. – guiverc Jan 14 '22 at 10:34
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Seems you just created `sdb2` since it appears to be empty. If so, just delete this partition and then resize `sdb1`. – mook765 Jan 14 '22 at 11:47
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Please see my answer. If it's helpful, please remember to accept it by clicking on the checkmark icon that appears just to the left of my answer. Thanks! – heynnema Jan 14 '22 at 14:37
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Status please... – heynnema Jan 21 '22 at 15:22
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Status please... – heynnema Feb 03 '22 at 16:02
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Make sure that you have a good backup of your important Ubuntu files, as this procedure can corrupt or lose data.
Keep these things in mind:
always start the entire procedure with issuing a swapoff on any mounted swap partitions, and end the entire procedure with issuing a swapon on that same swap partition
a move is done by pointing the mouse pointer at the center of a partition and dragging it left/right with the hand cursor
a resize is done by dragging the left/right side of a partition to the left/right with the directional arrow cursor
if any partition can't be moved/resized graphically, you may have to manually enter the specific required numeric data (don't do this unless I instruct you to)
you begin any move/resize by right-clicking on the partition in the lower pane of the main window, and selecting the desired action from the popup menu, then finishing that action in the new move/resize window
Do the following...
Note: if the procedure doesn't work exactly as I outline, STOP immediately and DO NOT continue.
- boot to a Ubuntu Live DVD/USB, in “Try Ubuntu” mode
- start
gparted - if /dev/sdb2 is empty, delete the partition
- resize the right side of /dev/sdb1 all the way to the right
- click the Apply icon
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