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Installing GParted hard drive partition software on Ubuntu
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1- What is GParted ?
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GParted is a hard drive partition software free of charge, supporting all of the 3 operating systems: Linux, Windows, and Mac OS. It has an easy- to-use graphical interface and is quite similar to other popular partition programs such as Partition Magic.
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With the GParted, you can resize, copy, and move the partition wihout losing data. The GParted will help you:
- Grow or Shrink a partition, (For example, C: partition)
- Create space for the new operating system.
- Try to rescue data from the lost partitions.
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The GParted suports partiting actions:
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- create or delete
- resize or move
- check
- label
- set new UUID
- copy and paste
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Support the system files such as:
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- btrfs
- ext2 / ext3 / ext4
- fat16 / fat32
- hfs / hfs+
- linux-swap
- lvm2 pv
- nilfs2
- ntfs
- reiserfs / reiser4
- udf
- ufs
- xfs
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2- Install GParted
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Installation of the GParted on Ubuntu is very simple. You only need to open Terminal window and execute the following command:
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sudo apt-get install gparted
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After finishing the installation, you can use the GParted:
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This is the image of the GParted, and the partitions on your computer:
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