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Cretiq

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Registered: 2018-04-29

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Resize (extend) partition lose data?

I have an unallocated part on my drive of 40gb and was wondering if i can resize my Linux filesystem partition and "add" the 40gb of unused space to my filesystem without losing data?
Is this safe?

V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

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Re: Resize (extend) partition lose data?

Generally yes that shouldn't pose an issue, practically it's always better to have a backup when doing partition/diskoperations. But a growing operation usually has little risk.