README.md

   1 <h1 align="center">
   2   <a href=https://www.ventoy.net/>Ventoy</a>
   3 </h1>
   4
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  13 Ventoy is an open source tool to create bootable USB drive for ISO/WIM/IMG/VHD(x)/EFI files. <br/>
  14 With ventoy, you don't need to format the disk over and over, you just need to copy the image files to the USB drive and boot it.
  15 You can copy many image files at a time and ventoy will give you a boot menu to select them. <br/>
  16 x86 Legacy BIOS, IA32 UEFI, x86_64 UEFI and ARM64 UEFI are supported in the same way.<br/>
  17 Both MBR and GPT partition style are supported in the same way.<br/>
  18 Most type of OS supported(Windows/WinPE/Linux/Unix/Vmware/Xen...) <br/>
  19 580+ ISO files are tested. 90%+ distros in distrowatch.com supported. <br/>
  20 </h4>
  21
  22 # Features
  23 * 100% open source
  24 * Simple to use
  25 * Fast (limited only by the speed of copying iso file)
  26 * Can be installed in USB/Local Disk/SSD/NVMe/SD Card
  27 * Directly boot from ISO/WIM/IMG/VHD(x)/EFI files, no extraction needed
  28 * No need to be continuous in disk for ISO/IMG files
  29 * MBR and GPT partition style supported (1.0.15+)
  30 * x86 Legacy BIOS, IA32 UEFI, x86_64 UEFI, ARM64 UEFI supported
  31 * UEFI Secure Boot supported (1.0.07+)
  32 * Persistence supported (1.0.11+)
  33 * Windows/Linux auto installation supported (1.0.09+)
  34 * FAT32/exFAT/NTFS/UDF/XFS/Ext2(3)(4) supported for main partition
  35 * ISO files larger than 4GB supported
  36 * Native boot menu style for Legacy & UEFI
  37 * Most type of OS supported, 580+ iso files tested
  38 * Linux vDisk boot supported
  39 * Not only boot but also complete installation process
  40 * Menu dynamically switchable between List/TreeView mode
  41 * "Ventoy Compatible" concept
  42 * Plugin Framework
  43 * Injection files to runtime enviroment
  44 * Boot configuration file dynamically replacement
  45 * Highly customizable theme and menu
  46 * USB drive write-protected support
  47 * USB normal use unaffected
  48 * Data nondestructive during version upgrade
  49 * No need to update Ventoy when a new distro is released
  50
  51 ![avatar](https://www.ventoy.net/static/img/screen/screen_uefi.png)
  52
  53
  54 # Installation Instructions
  55 See [https://www.ventoy.net/en/doc_start.html](https://www.ventoy.net/en/doc_start.html) for detail
  56
  57 # Compile Instructions
  58 Please refer to [BuildVentoyFromSource.txt](https://github.com/ventoy/Ventoy/blob/master/DOC/BuildVentoyFromSource.txt)
  59
  60 # Document
  61 Title | Link
  62 -|-
  63 **Install & Update** | [https://www.ventoy.net/en/doc_start.html](https://www.ventoy.net/en/doc_start.html)
  64 **Customize Theme** | [https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_theme.html](https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_theme.html)
  65 **Global Control** | [https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_control.html](https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_control.html)
  66 **Auto Installation** | [https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_autoinstall.html](https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_autoinstall.html)
  67 **Injection Plugin** | [https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_injection.html](https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_injection.html)
  68 **Persistence Support** | [https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_persistence.html](https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_persistence.html)
  69 **Boot WIM file** | [https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_wimboot.html](https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_wimboot.html)
  70 **Menu Class** | [https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_menuclass.html](https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_menuclass.html)
  71 **Menu Alias** | [https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_menualias.html](https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_menualias.html)
  72 **Menu Extension** | [https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_grubmenu.html](https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_grubmenu.html)
  73 **Memdisk Mode** | [https://www.ventoy.net/en/doc_memdisk.html](https://www.ventoy.net/en/doc_memdisk.html)
  74 **TreeView Mode** | [https://www.ventoy.net/en/doc_treeview.html](https://www.ventoy.net/en/doc_treeview.html)
  75 **Disk Layout MBR** | [https://www.ventoy.net/en/doc_disk_layout.html](https://www.ventoy.net/en/doc_disk_layout.html)
  76 **Disk Layout GPT** | [https://www.ventoy.net/en/doc_disk_layout_gpt.html](https://www.ventoy.net/en/doc_disk_layout_gpt.html)
  77
  78
  79 # FAQ
  80 See [https://www.ventoy.net/en/faq.html](https://www.ventoy.net/en/faq.html) for detail
  81
  82
  83 # Forum
  84 [https://forums.ventoy.net](https://forums.ventoy.net)
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