Resize partitions using Gparted

Ok... today I tried to install some software on my laptop and I had a very nice surprise: I didnt had enough space on "root" partitions. True, I only allocated 10Gb for "root" and I installed all my programs there!
So what to do?

1. I took one of my Linux Live CDs and I booted up.
2. Open Gparted
3. Turned swap off
4. Shrink one of partitions to obtain some unallocated space, in my case, I shrunk "/home" partitions with 10Gb.
5. Resize the "/" partition whit 10 Gb.

And some screenshots, I didnt finished the process but its very simple. Also I must say that I indicate to create some backups of your data bedore doing this operations (I didnt do and I hope I didnt lose any datas).

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