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How to move Linux Swap Partition - GParted

I have a dual boot machine with Windows 10 and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. I want to allocate my space to my home partition but I have to move my Linux Swap Partition. How can I do it? Here are my partitions ...
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UBUTU 16.04 Dual boot error [busy inodes on changed media or resized disk sdb]

I have a Dell Inspiron 7567 with windows 10 installed. I've been trying to make a partition (via windows disk management) and installing ubuntu 16.04. After the installation is finished and I reboot ...
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Can't save from some programs to non-Ubuntu drive

I have a MacBook Pro dual booting Ubuntu 16.04 and Mac. When running some programs in Ubuntu, I can only save files to my Ubuntu partition. This includes IDLE3. I want to save files to a different ...
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Windows is not booting & Ubuntu is running very slow 😭 , may be due to bad partitioning

have dual booted my lenovo laptop with Ubuntu 16.04 alongside Windows 10. I had no knowledge about partitioning at that time, so I left that task to Ubuntu thinking that it would do required tasks ...
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Shrink Windows 10 partition for Ubuntu 16.04 Dual Boot

In some web pages I've read that before installing Ubuntu you should resize the Windows partition from within Windows (with diskmgmt.msc) but when I boot Ubuntu for instalation (Windows was installed ...
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On which partition should I install Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS?

I'm preparing to install Ubuntu Linux in replacement of Windows 7 (which is what my computer was preloaded with). Which of these partitions do I use?
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When installing Ubuntu dual boot side by side with windows 10, why does the installer not see my SSD?

I'm installing Ubuntu 16.04 on a Dell XPS 13 with Windows 10 already installed on the SSD. In Windows I've: Ran disk management to create 90 Gb of unallocated space Ran error checking and ...
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