Creating a new partition in Ubuntu 14.04

Question

I am a new user for ubuntu and my hard disk had been formatted I need to create a new partition to copy my backup on

do you have free space to create a new parition? – Maythux May 20 '15 at 08:50 — Maythux, May 20 '15 at 08:50
Use GParted. Here is youtube tutorial – Ron May 20 '15 at 08:54 — Ron, May 20 '15 at 08:54

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered May 20 '15 at 08:54

To do it you can use the default GUI application found in your system. from your dash search for disks.

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Another great application is to use Gparted. you can install it using

sudo apt-get install gparted

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If you want to do it GLI

sudo fdisk /dev/sdX

press m then enter. this will print the help message.

Command action
   a   toggle a bootable flag
   b   edit bsd disklabel
   c   toggle the dos compatibility flag
   d   delete a partition
   l   list known partition types
   m   print this menu
   n   add a new partition
   o   create a new empty DOS partition table
   p   print the partition table
   q   quit without saving changes
   s   create a new empty Sun disklabel
   t   change a partition's system id
   u   change display/entry units
   v   verify the partition table
   w   write table to disk and exit
   x   extra functionality (experts only)

Now to create a new partition press n

Partition type:
   p   primary (1 primary, 0 extended, 3 free)
   e   extended

press p for primary or e for extended...

complete the procedure then when you finish press w to save and exit.

Creating a new partition in Ubuntu 14.04

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