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I have a dual-boot running Mint and Ubuntu. I want to uninstall the Ubuntu partition and use all the space for Mint, since I haven't used Ubuntu in a while.

Is GParted still the best way to rip out Ubuntu and increase the Mint partition?

EDIT: Thank you to everyone who commented and gave advice. In the end I just wiped the machine, installed a new instance of Mint, then restored my old data using Deja Dup (after downloading it). I'm back, so I guess it worked.

:-)

I have a dual-boot running Mint and Ubuntu. I want to uninstall the Ubuntu partition and use all the space for Mint, since I haven't used Ubuntu in a while. Is GParted still the best way to rip out Ubuntu and increase the Mint partition? **EDIT:** Thank you to everyone who commented and gave advice. In the end I just wiped the machine, installed a new instance of Mint, then restored my old data using Deja Dup (after downloading it). I'm back, so I guess it worked. :-)
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I usually go with gparted. Delete the partitions. Save/sync. Reboot, use a live cd to boot and use gparted to grow the disk. This assumes you are not using lvm though. The process to grow the pv/volume is a little different.

[–] • 4 pts

I'm not using lvm, so there's that. ;-)

Thanks for the sanity check.

[–] • 2 pts

I recommend making sure to have a current backup before fiddling with the file system. Other than that, GParted should to the trick, like @level_101 said.

[–] • 2 pts

I just did a full backup and manually copied important files to my NAS. Worst case I just do a fresh install of Mint and go from there. ;-)

[–] • 1 pt

Yeah, it can be annoying to recover but as long as you have the data you care about its just... Annoying. Not a real problem at all.

Sometimes a full re-install is the best way to go anyway. It cleans out a lot of crap.

[–] • 1 pt

Gparted works well enough, last I checked. Just delete the partitions, and the space will be freed to make a new partition from that reclaimed space. You will have to remind the bootloader or reinstall the bootllader to be able to properly default to the OS you want.

[–] • 1 pt

Delete the Ubuntu part, extend the other. But honestly if you backup and know how to restore, then just reinstall.

Deja dupe I use for desktop backup, not server stuff/ command only systems.

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I used Deja Dupe on Ubuntu, but the standard "Backup Tool" on Mint.

[–] • 1 pt

I’d export my book marks and reinstall. Just me.

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I’d export my book marks and reinstall. Just me.

Oh, heck yeah. Bookmarks are in HTML files on my NAS. Taken earlier today. :-)