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-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. +

+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 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.
+x86 Legacy BIOS, IA32 UEFI, x86_64 UEFI, ARM64 UEFI and MIPS64EL UEFI are supported in the same way.
+Both MBR and GPT partition style are supported in the same way.
+Most type of OS supported(Windows/WinPE/Linux/Unix/Vmware/Xen...)
+620+ ISO files are tested. 90%+ distros in distrowatch.com supported.

# 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+) +* 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+) -* WIM files boot supported (Legacy + UEFI) (1.0.12+) -* Auto installation supported (1.0.09+) +* 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, 420+ 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 +* 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