Ventoy is an open source tool to create bootable USB drive for ISO/WIM/IMG/VHD(x)/EFI files. With Ventoy, you don’t need to format the disk over and over, you just need to copy the ISO/WIM/IMG/VHD(x)EFI files to the USB drive and boot them directly. You can copy many files at a time and ventoy will give you a boot menu to select them. Both Legacy BIOS and UEFI are supported in the same way. Most type of OS supported (Windows/WinPE/Linux/Unix/Vmware/Xen…)
Ventoy features:
- 100% open source
- Simple to use
- Fast (limited only by the speed of copying iso file)
- Directly boot from ISO/WIM/IMG/VHD(x)/EFI file, no extraction needed
- Legacy + UEFI supported in the same way
- UEFI Secure Boot supported (since 1.0.07+)
- Persistence supported (since 1.0.11+)
- MBR and GPT partition style supported (1.0.15+)
- WIM files boot supported (Legacy + UEFI) (1.0.12+)
- IMG files boot supported (Legacy + UEFI) (1.0.19+)
- Auto installation supported (1.0.09+)
- File injection supported (1.0.16+)
- ISO files larger than 4GB supported
- Native boot menu style for Legacy & UEFI
- Most type of OS supported(Windows/WinPE/Linux/Unix/Vmware/Xen…), 550+ iso files tested
- Not only boot but also complete installation process
- ISO files can be listed in List mode/TreeView mode
- Linux vDisk boot supported (vdi/vhd/raw)
- “Ventoy Compatible” concept
- Plugin Framework
- Menu Alias/Menu Style/Customized Menu supported
- 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
Ventoy 1.0.66 changelog:
- Experimental support to boot ISO/WIM/IMG… files in local disk. notes
- Change the default menu display mode to TreeView mode.
- Fix a bug when booting the latest recalbox-x86_64.img. (#1423)
- Fix a bug about the CGI tool after boot WePE.
- Support /dev/disk/by-id/xxx format input in Ventoy2Disk.sh (#1422)
- languages.json update
Changes in Ventoy 1.0.67:
- Support press F2 to browser and boot ISO/WIM/IMG/VHD(x)/EFI files in local disk. notes
- Move the reboot/halt menu from F2 to F5 Tools/Power
- Change default menu display mode back to ListView mode. (Powerful habit 🙂 )
- Fix the bug when booting SystemRescue 8.X/9.X
- Fix the bug in VentoyVlnk.sh when create vlnk file for files in a NTFS partition. (#1430)
- Fix the bug that the 1st menu item is not always selected when switching between submenus.
- Fix the bug that file injection does not take effect for windows.(introduced in 1.0.66).
See https://www.ventoy.net/en/doc_news.html for detail.
Download: Ventoy 1.0.67 | 14.6 MB (Open Source)
Download: Ventoy Live CD | 186.0 MB
Link: Ventoy Home Page | Project Page @GitHub
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