GParted - The Partition Editor

GParted (abbreviated as GPT) is a GTK+ frontend to GNU Parted and the official GNOME Partition Editor application. It is FREE!!!

It is used for creating, deleting, resizing, moving, checking and copying partitions, and the file systems on them. This is useful for creating space for new operating systems, reorganizing disk usage, copying data residing on hard disks and mirroring one partition with another (disk imaging).

To install GParted in Ubuntu open a terminal window and type in:

sudo apt-get install gparted

Video tutorial for installing GParted in Ubuntu.



The GParted project provides a live operating system including GParted which can be written to a Live CD, a Live USB and other media.

Useful Links on GParted.

GParted official website

GParted Live CD, Live USB Downloads

Partition Basics - Ubuntu Wiki

GParted Main screen

Resize/move widget


Features