Topic: How to repair a dual boot system after enlarging the Windows partition
My hard drive has 3 partitions. The first is a primary partition with Windows 7 installed (C: drive). The second is an extended partition with two logical partitions. The first has has most of the windows applications installed in it. There is unallocated space at the end of the extended partition. The third partition is a primary partition with Ubuntu installed. I guessed wrong when I first partitioned the hard drive and my Windows 7 partition is running out of space. I intend to use gparted to move the logical partition in the extended drive to the right, into the unallocated space thus creating unallocated space at the begining of the extended drive (D:).
Then I'll shrink the extended drive to create unformatted space between the C: and D: drives (First and second partitions).
Then I can expand the first primary drive, which has my Windows 7 system installed into it to make more room.
I have GRUB 2 from the Ubuntu partition installed in the MBR. The dual boot uses Grub and then the Windows loader to load Windows 7.
My first question is, can I really do all of this with gparted? If I can,
at what point is my system likely to become unable to boot? After shrinking the extended partition (D:), or after expanding the first primary partition (C:) or both?
If I can perform the noted re-partitioning how do I proceed to get the dual boot to work again?