How to create two partitions?

I have a 80Gb HDD with one partition for Ubuntu and want to partition it into two partitions 60G/20G.

How can I do this?

Solution 1:

Note: Make sure that the drive is empty; otherwise make sure that you have a complete backup of its content, because creating a partition will erase all data on the drive.

Open Dash, and search for Gparted, and click on it. If its not installed, just press Ctrl+Alt+T on your keyboard to open Terminal. When it opens, run the command(s) below:

sudo apt-get install gparted

Once installed open the application, and enter your password. Once it open, follow the step below:

If the drive is new, Click on Device, and choose Create Partition Table; otherwise skip to the step in the third image.

Keep the Default, and click Apply

Right click on the Unallocated space, and choose New

Create a 60GB partition. Once you enter all the info, click Add

Then Right click on the Unallocated space, and choose New

Create a 20GB partition. Once you enter all the info, click Add

Click on the Green check mark to Apply pending operations

And just click Apply to start.

Once done, just click Close, and that's it.