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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 1.1.01 changelog:
• Optimization for VTOY_LINUX_REMOUNT implementation to support all Linux distros. Please refer Notes (http://ventoy.net/en/doc_linux_remount.html)
• Now linux remount is supported by default. So VTOY_LINUX_REMOUNT option now is deprecated, we don't need it anymore. Please refer to the Notes (http://ventoy.net/en/doc_linux_remount.html)
Download: Ventoy 1.1.01 (http://github.com/ventoy/Ventoy/releases/download/v1.1.01/ventoy-1.1.01-windows.zip) | 15.9 MB (Open Source)
Download: Ventoy Live CD (http://github.com/ventoy/Ventoy/releases/download/v1.1.01/ventoy-1.1.01-livecd.iso) | 187.0 MB
Link: Ventoy Home Page (http://www.ventoy.net/) | Project Page @GitHub (http://github.com/ventoy/Ventoy)
source (http://www.neowin.net/software/ventoy-1101/)