Resize root partition from home partition space ubuntu 18.04

Question

I want to resize my root partition using Gparted but before doing it I want to make sure I'm doing it correctly. Here is a screenshot of my GParted:

I know this question has been answered before here: Link but the answer is too old and I want to know will that work in Ubuntu 18.04 or I have to try other method. And also is it better to mess around with Gparted or Uninstall and reinstall ubuntu

Solution

Gparted is the right tool, no need to reinstall. You need an Ubuntu Live USB, boot from it, choose try without installing and run gparted from there.

• Resize your sda10 partition, move it to the right
• Move your sda9 partition to the right as well
• Then you'll be able to resize the root partition using the newly created unallocated space to the right of it

Comments

[Charles Green]

The answer you referenced will still work. The caveats are that moving and resizing partitions is not a very fast operation, and you should be prepared for it to take some time. Additionally, I would encourage you to backup the data in your home partition.

[manjyot]

I don't have anything important on my Ubuntu yet, so i can skip the backup process right?

[LeonidMew]

Better to backup windows files too

[manjyot]

Can I instead use live Gparted usb instead?

[LeonidMew]

@manjyot Yes, it will work fine

[manjyot]

How much time will it take do you know? @LeonidMew

[LeonidMew]

It may take hours, depending on hardware, and size of partitions

[LeonidMew]

Do never interrupt this process

[manjyot]

no need for additional steps like editing fstab right?

[LeonidMew]

No. Partition devices remains the same, since you only resize/move, and also UUID of partitions may be used, which will not changed