Cloning drive 2TB drive to 4TB drive (upgrade)

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Cloning drive 2TB drive to 4TB drive (upgrade)

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I have a a Synology DS213J.
It contains 1 x 2TB & 1 x 3TB drive.
I cloned the 2TB drive to a new 4TB disk. However when I replace the 2TB disk with cloned 4TB disk, Synology still only recognizes 2TB of available data.

Is there any free Windows software that will allow me to expand the EXT4 disk size?
 
You must be able to start a linux live distro on the pc and run gparted to do it. Gparted live distro is also a possibility.
 
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Still can't find the AOMEI software on these forums. Can you post a direct link?
Downloaded the demo directly from the website, but it can only resize FAT and NTFS partitions.
 
Gparted wouldn't let me resize the Synology drive.
Instead I've installed the 4tb drive from scratch. I need to get the files off the 2TB drive from my Windows PC and transfer to the Synology. Anyone know any software that will let me do this?
 
Thanks for the replies. Is there a tutorial out there on how to clone a Synology drive and then expand the disk space after cloning to a bigger drive? I know this is how I upgraded my disks years ago, but forgot. I searched the tutorials, and I'm sure there must be one there that refers to this, but I simply cannot find it. If anyone has any links for this, I would really appreciate it.
 

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