Ventoy is another neat Bootable USB Creation Tool that can be used to boot and run multiple ISO files from USB. Its functionality is simple. Just Format your thumb drive using the tool, then drag and drop your chosen ISO files onto your flash drive. The ISO files are directly copied over and added to the boot menu. This should result in a ready to boot USB device. Ventoy is an Open Source tool, so everyone is welcome to dig in to see how it works. It supports legacy BIOS and UEFI boot options, and also works with UEFI Secure Boot. It is important to note that your flash drive can still be used for regular storage as well.
How it works: This Multiboot USB Tool works by creating a hidden bootable partition which houses the boot menu and boot loader. While another exFAT partition is created and used for storing the ISO files. This method allows for the storage of file sizes larger than 4GB.
How it works: This Multiboot USB Tool works by creating a hidden bootable partition which houses the boot menu and boot loader. While another exFAT partition is created and used for storing the ISO files. This method allows for the storage of file sizes larger than 4GB.
Features:
- 100% open source
- Very simple to use
- Fast (limited only by the speed of copying iso file)
- Can be installed in USB/Local Disk/SSD/NVMe/SD Card
- Directly boot from ISO/WIM/IMG/VHD(x)/EFI files, no extraction needed
- No need to be continuous in disk for ISO/WIM/IMG/VHD(x)/EFI files
- Both MBR and GPT partition style are supported
- x86 Legacy BIOS, IA32 UEFI, x86_64 UEFI, ARM64 UEFI, MIPS64EL UEFI supported
- IA32/x86_64 UEFI Secure Boot supported
- Persistence supported
- Windows auto installation supported
- RHEL7/8/CentOS7/8/SUSE/Ubuntu Server ... auto installation supported
- FAT32/exFAT/NTFS/UDF/XFS/Ext2(3)(4) supported for main partition
- ISO files larger than 4GB supported
- Native boot menu style for Legacy & UEFI
- Most type of OS supported, 700+ iso files tested
- Linux vDisk(vhd/vdi/raw...) boot solution
- Not only boot but also complete installation process
- Menu dynamically switchable between ListView and TreeView mode
- "Ventoy Compatible" concept
- Plugin Framework
- Injection files to runtime enviroment
- Boot configuration file dynamically replacement
- Highly customizable theme and menu style
- USB drive write-protected support
- USB normal use unaffected
- Data nondestructive during version upgrade
- No need to update Ventoy when a new distro is released
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