-# Ventoy [https://www.ventoy.net](https://www.ventoy.net)
-Ventoy is an open source tool to create bootable USB drive for ISO files.
-With ventoy, you don't need to format the disk over and over, you just need to copy the iso file to the USB drive and boot it.
-You can copy many iso 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. 420+ ISO files are tested.
-A "Ventoy Compatible" concept is introduced by ventoy, which can help to support any ISO file.
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+ <a href=https://www.ventoy.net/>Ventoy</a>
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-See https://www.ventoy.net for detail.
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+Ventoy is an open source tool to create bootable USB drive for ISO/WIM/IMG/VHD(x)/EFI files. <br/>
+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.
+You can copy many iso files at a time and ventoy will give you a boot menu to select them. <br/>
+Both Legacy BIOS and UEFI are supported in the same way.<br/>
+Both MBR and GPT partition style are supported in the same way.<br/>
+Most type of OS supported(Windows/WinPE/Linux/Unix/Vmware/Xen...) <br/>
+550+ ISO files are tested. 90%+ distros in distrowatch.com supported. <br/>
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# Features
* 100% open source
* Simple to use
* Fast (limited only by the speed of copying iso file)
-* Directly boot from iso file, no extraction needed
+* 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, 420+ iso files tested
+* 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