Get extra hard drive space from windows 7

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Published on 2012-09-18T00:08:25Z Indexed on 2012/09/18 3:41 UTC
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I am using Ubuntu 12.04 and Windows 7 (dual-boot) on my laptop.For some reasons I want some more space in my Ubuntu partition.I have installed gParted in Ubuntu.Now is it recommended to get this required extra space from Windows 7 drive (*where my linux is installed *) directly using gParted? Will it cause damage to my boot loader or my data on the partition from where I wish to grab some space?

Any help will be appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

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