Preparing a USB key with VentoyĪfter downloading the Ventoy compressed archive, extract the files to a folder. After this, you simply copy over the ISO/WIM/IMG/VHD(x)/EFI files you want to work with and you will see these presented in the Ventoy application menu when you boot from the Ventoy-prepared USB key. With the Ventoy solution, you simply prepare your USB key as you would with Rufus, which installs the Ventoy application. No need to update Ventoy when a new distro is released.Data nondestructive during version upgrade.Highly customizable theme and menu style.Boot configuration file dynamically replacement.Plugin Framework and GUI plugin configurator.Menu dynamically switchable between ListView and TreeView mode Notes.Not only boot but also complete installation process.Linux vDisk(vhd/vdi/raw…) boot solution Notes.Most types of OSes supported, 780+ iso files tested.Native boot menu style for Legacy & UEFI.FAT32/exFAT/ NTFS/UDF/XFS/Ext2(3)(4) supported for main partition.RHEL7/8/CentOS7/8/SUSE/Ubuntu Server … auto installation supported Notes.Windows auto installation supported Notes.IA32/x86_64 UEFI Secure Boot supported Notes.

x86 Legacy BIOS, IA32 UEFI, x86_64 UEFI, ARM64 UEFI, MIPS64EL UEFI supported.Both MBR and GPT partition style are supported.No need to be continuous in disk for ISO/WIM/IMG/VHD(x)/EFI files.Directly boot from ISO/ WIM/IMG/VHD(x)/EFI files, no extraction needed.Can be installed in USB/Local Disk/SSD/NVMe/SD Card.Fast (limited only by the speed of copying iso file).

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