<SOLVED>how do i add more storage to linux mint

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<SOLVED>how do i add more storage to linux mint

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I currently have Windows and Linux Mint 20 mate installed and I wanna install more apps and games to linux mint but I don't have enough "disk space" as it tells me to install the apps. Is it possible to add more storage to my linux mint installation?
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Re: how do i add more storage to linux mint

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Is there leftover space on your disk? Or are you planning to buy a bigger one? One of these would need to be the case.
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Re: how do i add more storage to linux mint

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There's still about 16gb free but it is assigned to Windows 10 and I want to give some of it to linux
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Bob_renchers90 wrote: There's still about 16gb free but it is assigned to Windows 10 and I want to give some of it to linux
If you're going to be shrinking the Windows partition(s), I've heard that it's best to do so via Windows own partition editor.

And verify your backups before doing any partition editing. :)
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Re: how do i add more storage to linux mint

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Yes, shrink the Windows partition with its own Disk management utility (no idea where that is as I don't use Windows) and then expand the Linux Mint partition into that empty space.
This requires that the two partitions are side by side and if not you will need to carry out more activities, moving partitions around, or perhaps get yourself another drive. It's impossible to help much more with so little information so far, and I do know that Windows does need more empty disk space to work effectively than Linux so shrinking the Windows partition may turn out to be impossible.

Let's see the terminal output from command

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sudo fdisk -l
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Re: how do i add more storage to linux mint

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There's still about 16gb free
It's probably not worth messing around with 16 GB extra space. Either migrate to a bigger drive (with foxclone), or buy a 500GB Linux drive that will be separate from your windows drive.
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