Ventoy is an open source tool to create a bootable USB drive for ISO files.
With Ventoy, you will not need to format the disk over and over again; you just need to copy the ISO file to the USB drive and boot it.
You will also be able to copy many ISO files at a time, and Ventoy will provide you with a boot menu from which to select them. Both Legacy BIOS and UEFI are supported in the same way. 610+ ISO files have been tested and compiled in an easily accessible list. A "Ventoy Compatible" concept is introduced by Ventoy, which can help to support any ISO file.
Ventoy has support for GPT partitions to the program. The developer published a support article that provides details on the differences between MBR and GPT in Ventoy. Basically, the core differences are:
- MBR is better when it comes to legacy BIOS support.
- GPT is better when it comes to UEFI support.
- GPT supports disk with 2 TB and more.
- GPT's maximum partition number is 128, MBR's is 4.
Features:
- Multilingual; Simple to use
- Fast (limited only by the speed of copying iso file)
- Directly boot from an ISO file, no extraction needed
- Legacy + UEFI supported in the same way
- ISO files larger than 4GB supported
- Native boot menu style for Legacy & UEFI
- Most types of OS supported, 160+ iso files tested
- Not only boot but also complete the installation process
- "Ventoy Compatible" concept
- Plugin Framework
- Read-only to USB drive during boot
- Normal USB use unaffected
- Data nondestructive during version upgrade
- No need to update Ventoy when a new distro is released
OS: Windows 10|8|7
Homepage: https://www.ventoy.net/en/index.html
Github page: https://github.com/ventoy/Ventoy
Changelog: https://github.com/ventoy/Ventoy/releases
v1.0.72 :: 26th Mar, 2022
- Ventoy Subscription Service commencement. Notes
- Add support for venomlinux (#1526)
- Add missing execute bit when packing (#1530)
- vtoyboot-1.0.20 release. Notes
- Fix some typo and grammar mistakes in the document and language.json
See https://www.ventoy.net/en/doc_news.html for detail.
Download:
Ventoy for Windows: https://github.com/ventoy/Ventoy/releases/download/v1.0.72/ventoy-1.0.72-windows.zip
Ventoy for Linux: https://github.com/ventoy/Ventoy/releases/download/v1.0.72/ventoy-1.0.72-linux.tar.gz
Ventoy LiveCD: https://github.com/ventoy/Ventoy/releases/download/v1.0.72/ventoy-1.0.72-livecd.iso
Wimboot Plugin: https://github.com/ventoy/wimiso/releases/download/v1.0/ventoy_wimboot.img
Plugin Web: https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_wimboot.html