Resizing partition using Gparted gives "can't have overlapping partitions" error
- by Marcus
I just decided to install Ubuntu 12.04 alongside Windows 7 on my Dell laptop. However I didn't do this manually but instead used the "Run Ubuntu alongside Windows 7" option upon installation, and now the partition that Ubuntu runs on has very little space (It's giving me warnings).
I'm trying to use Gparted 0.12.1-5 (via a live CD) to give Windows less space and give Ubuntu more. I've managed to remove 100GB from the Windows partition so I now have some unallocated space between Windows and Ubuntu.
This is what it looks like inside Ubuntu (not using the live CD, since it won't let me mount a USB to save a screenshot):
http://i.stack.imgur.com/0keQq.png
So first I take sda4 (extended?) and resize it to the left so it takes up all the unallocated space. Then I resize sda5 (ext4) as well so it takes up all the new space.
However, when I hit apply, it fails on the first action (resizing sd4), saying "can't have overlapping partitions".
Any ideas as to why this happens? I also tried resizing sda4 by just a few MB so that it definitely didn't overlap anything, but I still got the same error message.
To clarify, I am doing it using the CD, I just took the screenshot from Ubuntu.
Any help would be greatly appreciated! And again, I can't mount any USB (I'm following the guide on the gparted website but it says "Invalid argument" or something like that) so I couldn't attach the details file from Gparted. If this is needed, I may need some hints on how to solve the USB issue as well. :)
Thanks