Can I allocate more memory for my Mint partition after setup?

[honest mist]

at first I installed Mint just to give it a shot and thus allocated only 50gigs in the setup process. But I have been using Mint as a replacement of windows 11 for some time and thus running low on storage. I would like to allocate another 200gigs of my main drive for mint, is that possible?

[agile crag]

Yes very possible

@honest mist

You will need to make a bootable USB of mint and boot from it

Go to the start menu in the USB and search for 'gparted'

Once inside, right click on your partition where mint is installed, and click 'modify partition'

Increase the size of the partition in the window that pops up and click 'OK'

Click on the apply button in the top bar and wait for the changes to finish (make take time depending on ur setup)

Do it at ur own risk, these are the general steps, I recommend sending pics of each step here and doing it with someone watching

[honest mist]

don't I use diskmgmt.msc in windows to give more storage for the mint partition

[leaden flower]

may not work since Windows is actively running.

In a live-boot off a DVD or USB, only that live-OS is running.

best to show a screenshot of the Disks app re: the disk in concern.

[agile crag]

No it will break the Linux partitions

Diskmgmt likes to move partitions

[honest mist]

Anyone got a video guide?

Kinda scared cause this sounds very destructive if not done 100% correctly

[leaden flower]

send a pic of Disks app showing your current storage layour

[honest mist]

Let me get this straight,

I download Mint and burn the .iso in a pen drive just like I did when I first installed mint.

Plug the drive in the computer and search for ‘gparted’ in there

[tall junco]

yup

[agile crag]

Yes

[leaden flower]

do you need what is in partitions 4, 5, 6, and 7?

[leaden flower]

I think this is only possible when there's room to the RIGHT to append to the existing partition.

I think what has to happen here is if p6, and p7 are free to use, then p9 should get cloned into p6 or 7.

and then blank out p9, then run boot repair from live media.

[agile crag]

It shouldnt let u increase the size if there isn't free space

So its safe to try

[leaden flower]

I don't think adding space to the left of an existing partition will somehow link it to the end of the existing one.

[agile crag]

No it won't

[leaden flower]

maybe in LVM schemes, but not typical normal ones

[agile crag]

There has to be free space

[leaden flower]

even with free space

[agile crag]

Sorry i meant, free space to the right of the partition

[leaden flower]

unless you are able somehow to shift the whole existing partition to the left

[leaden flower]

@agile crag .. all he got is the small swap part to play with

[agile crag]

True

Oh

I didn't even look at the image

Lemme take a second

[leaden flower]

like i said, if the preceding 100+ GB partition is spare, they can clone the existing one into it

63 into 144.

then wipe out the 63 GB one after

[agile crag]

I think gparted let's u change the start point of the partition, so if they can delete the preceding 100 GB and change the start and end points, gparted clones it for u

And then extends it

[leaden flower]

hm

well.. that's something. never done it or know about that. one things is DEF. back-up ur stuff to an external drive first, Eric

[honest mist]

yeah, am just gonna backup my stuff, wipe mint and then reinstall....

[agile crag]

Not recommended (alteast we aren't allowed to recommend it) but should be fine

[honest mist]

What’s recommended then?

[agile crag]

No I meant that there are rules that we aren't allowed to tell ppl to format their pc

(But tbh, resetting is probably faster, specifically to ur case)