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 1.0.32 changelog:
- Linux vhd/vdi/raw file now is bootable in both Legacy BIOS mode and UEFI mode. Notes
- vtoyboot-1.0.7 release. Notes
- Add support for DragonFly BSD distro
- Fix a bug when booting wifislax64-2.1-final.iso
New iso support (total 600+)
- MX-18.3_386.iso (Legacy)
- MX-18.3_x64.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- bitdefender.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- dfly-x86_64-5.8.3_REL.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- dfly-x86_64-5.8.2_REL.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- dfly-x86_64-5.8.1_REL.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- dfly-x86_64-5.8.0_REL.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- dfly-x86_64-5.6.3_REL.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- dfly-x86_64-5.6.0_REL.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- dfly-x86_64-5.4.3_REL.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- dfly-x86_64-5.4.0_REL.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- dfly-x86_64-5.2.2_REL.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- dfly-x86_64-5.0.2_REL.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- dfly-x86_64-5.0.0_REL.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
See https://www.ventoy.net/en/doc_news.html for detail.
Download: Ventoy 1.0.32 | 10.5 MB (Open Source)
Download: Ventoy Live CD | 40.8 MB
Link: Ventoy Home Page | Project Page @GitHub