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Topic: [SOLVED]Unable to increase size of NTFS Primary (c:) partition.

Hello all.
My first post so if there is a good explanation out that that answers this already please point me in the right direction.
When I first ran Gparted latest version 0.3.7-7 the screen went black and I could not proceed.
So I downloaded an older version 0.3.4-11 and now am able to see the display.

I have looked through several posts and it seems other people are encountering this problem as well.
I have not seen a solution posted.

I have read through the documentation and still do not see a solution.

I have one drive. 
It is partitioned as follows:
c: hda1 = 20gig,
unallocated space -72 g
hda5 20 g
I want to increase the hda1 by the unallocated space.

When I click on the hda1 and select resize it only allows the a resize up to the full 20 gig size. 
How do I get it to include the 72g unallocated?

Is this a bug in this version?
This should be simple. 

Thanks for your help.

2 Reply by tkman

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Re: [SOLVED]Unable to increase size of NTFS Primary (c:) partition.

OK I just figured it out.
The unallocated space is part of the extended partition.
Need to select the extended partition and resize it smaller from the front.
This frees up space at the beginning of the extended partition.
Now I can expand the primary c partition.

Hope this helps someone else.

3 Reply by class413

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Re: [SOLVED]Unable to increase size of NTFS Primary (c:) partition.

This is something that mswindows-only users mostly ignore.
However, it is well known to linux / unix users, as well as to old msdos users wink

*** It is highly recommended to backup any important files before doing resize/move operations. ***