How to increase partition?

Question

i have partitioned my hd and installed linux in it. i have partitipned it to 40gb.How can i increase the partition without ruining my os

Answer 1

Just adding an alternative to @Paul's answer, I found this link, it seems feasible, but anyways, considering it is a critical operation, I would strongly advise you to make Backup first, it is crucially necessary if you have valuable data in the disk. That said, here's the link:

https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/resize-linux-partition-safely/

Best of luck, @Shobhit : )

Answer 2

gparted should do that

Answer 3

I only looked quick, this one looks promising:
https://www.google.nl/amp/s/www.howtoforge.com/partitioning_with_gparted/amp/
I searched for: increase partition linux

Answer 4

I have never tried it. And would search on Google for a question like this.

Answer 5

@paul i have tried searching on google, but haven't got any correct answer.