4 partitions and want to make extra room for gentoo(SOLVED)

[xineg]

ok guys this is more of a linux question but here goes

i have four partitions


Name Flags Part Type FS Type [Label] Size (MB)
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sda1 Boot Primary NTFS [^S] 168281.01
sda2 Primary Linux ext2 32.91
sda3 Primary Linux swap / Solaris 509.97
sda4 Primary Linux ext3 [GentooSda4] 31223.17

sda1 is windows
sda2 is my gentoo boot partition
sda3 is swap
sda4 is the root partition

i now no longer want windows to occupy so much space, what do i do?


i cant shrink windows then add another partition as the free space will be "unusable"
i want to keep my gentoo and windows installations, i just want more space to store
on gentoo?
i dont want to reinstall windows or gentoo, however i will reinstall windows if i HAVE to
im thinking my options are to copy the boot partition enlarge the boot partition (replace the data ) and store stuff on that
any help or ideas would be appreciated
thanks in advance

[JeliJami]

you can use qtparted to resize the windows partition

then remove the swap partition

create a new extended partition to be able to create
- a new swap partition
- a new data partition to claim the free space
into this extended partition
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