Making my main partition bigger

[NiCKM89]

Hello0 guys, Im new to the forum and quite new in the use of Linux.
When I installed Linux on my hard drive I partioned it, into 3 parts:
1. 30 Gigs for the OS
2. 2 Gigs for swap space
3. 168 Gigs unpartitioned cuz I was planning to give some of it for Windonws 7 and the rest to put my folders so I can use them from both OSes.
But now I decided I want to make the 1st part bigger (the one that includes Linux)
Is there any program for Ubuntu that can do that. Since im out of the UK for holidays and I dont have the Windows 7 with me to install it and use a program for 7.

Thx in advance...

[oz]

Hello and welcome to the forums!

Yes, you can use gparted to move the swap partition allowing you to have some unallocated space adjacent to the root partition so that it can be expanded.

You can find gparted on the Ubuntu liveCD, or on the Parted Magic liveCD. In either case, you'll boot with the liveCD and work from that rather than the Ubuntu system itself.

[NiCKM89]

oh cool! thx i'll try that!
btw i was thinking am i able when im installing a program on linux to choose the directory like im doing in windows? so i can install so big programs on another partition?
im sure there is a way to do that, but my question is, if there's an easy way to do it :P

[devils casper]

Linux doesn't work like Windows OS and package installation process is entirely different from Windows. Package Manager take care of everything and packages are not installed in Single location.
I would suggest you to check Linux Filesystem.
Use Synaptic Package Manager to install/remove/update packages. Its available in Administrative Menu.