-# Ventoy
-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. 200+ 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 image files at a time and ventoy will give you a boot menu to select them. <br/>
+x86 Legacy BIOS, IA32 UEFI, x86_64 UEFI, ARM64 UEFI and MIPS64EL 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/>
+620+ 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
-* Legacy + UEFI supported in the same way
-* UEFI Secure Boot supported (since 1.0.07+)
-* Persistence supported (since 1.0.11+)
-* WIM files boot supported (Legacy + UEFI) (1.0.12+)
-* Auto installation supported (1.0.09+)
+* Can be installed in USB/Local Disk/SSD/NVMe/SD Card
+* Directly boot from ISO/WIM/IMG/VHD(x)/EFI files, no extraction needed
+* No need to be continuous in disk for ISO/IMG files
+* MBR and GPT partition style supported (1.0.15+)
+* x86 Legacy BIOS, IA32 UEFI, x86_64 UEFI, ARM64 UEFI, MIPS64EL UEFI supported
+* IA32/x86_64 UEFI Secure Boot supported (1.0.07+)
+* Persistence supported (1.0.11+)
+* Windows auto installation supported (1.0.09+)
+* RHEL7/8/CentOS/7/8/SUSE/Ubuntu Server/Debian ... auto installation supported (1.0.09+)
+* FAT32/exFAT/NTFS/UDF/XFS/Ext2(3)(4) supported for main partition
* ISO files larger than 4GB supported
* Native boot menu style for Legacy & UEFI
-* Most type of OS supported, 200+ iso files tested
+* Most type of OS supported, 610+ iso files tested
+* Linux vDisk boot supported
* Not only boot but also complete installation process
-* ISO files can be listed in List mode/TreeView mode
+* Menu dynamically switchable between List/TreeView mode
* "Ventoy Compatible" concept
* Plugin Framework
-* Readonly to USB drive during boot
+* Injection files to runtime environment
+* Boot configuration file dynamically replacement
+* Highly customizable theme and menu
+* 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
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**Install & Update** | [https://www.ventoy.net/en/doc_start.html](https://www.ventoy.net/en/doc_start.html)
**Customize Theme** | [https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_theme.html](https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_theme.html)
+**Global Control** | [https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_control.html](https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_control.html)
**Auto Installation** | [https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_autoinstall.html](https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_autoinstall.html)
+**Injection Plugin** | [https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_injection.html](https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_injection.html)
**Persistence Support** | [https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_persistence.html](https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_persistence.html)
**Boot WIM file** | [https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_wimboot.html](https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_wimboot.html)
+**Menu Class** | [https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_menuclass.html](https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_menuclass.html)
+**Menu Alias** | [https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_menualias.html](https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_menualias.html)
+**Menu Extension** | [https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_grubmenu.html](https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_grubmenu.html)
**Memdisk Mode** | [https://www.ventoy.net/en/doc_memdisk.html](https://www.ventoy.net/en/doc_memdisk.html)
**TreeView Mode** | [https://www.ventoy.net/en/doc_treeview.html](https://www.ventoy.net/en/doc_treeview.html)
-**Disk Layout** | [https://www.ventoy.net/en/doc_disk_layout.html](https://www.ventoy.net/en/doc_disk_layout.html)
+**Disk Layout MBR** | [https://www.ventoy.net/en/doc_disk_layout.html](https://www.ventoy.net/en/doc_disk_layout.html)
+**Disk Layout GPT** | [https://www.ventoy.net/en/doc_disk_layout_gpt.html](https://www.ventoy.net/en/doc_disk_layout_gpt.html)
# FAQ
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