Ventoy is an easy-to-use open-source tool for making bootable USB drives. Using Ventoy, you can directly copy files such as ISO/WIM/IMG/VHD(x)/EFI to the USB flash drive, and select the file to start when starting. You can also copy multiple image files of different types at the same time, and select them in Ventoy's menu.
In addition, Ventoy also supports directly browsing and starting the image file in the local hard disk. After installing Ventoy, the same USB flash drive can support x86 Legacy BIOS, IA32 UEFI, x86_64 UEFI, ARM64 UEFI and MIPS64EL UEFI modes without affecting the daily use of the USB flash drive. Ventoy supports most common types of operating systems, including Windows, WinPE, Linux, ChromeOS, Unix, VMware, Xen, etc. In addition, Ventoy has tested more than 1,000 image files and supports more than 90% of the operating systems listed on the distrowatch.com website. Before making a bootable USB flash drive, please ensure important data to prevent data loss.
download Ventoy
First, you need to download the latest version of Ventoy software from Ventoy's official website (https://www.ventoy.net/). Ventoy supports multiple operating system platforms such as Windows, Linux, and Mac, and you can choose to download the corresponding version according to your own system type.
Make a Ventoy bootable USB drive
Unzip the downloaded Ventoy software to get an executable file Ventoy2Disk.exenamed . Insert the U disk that needs to be made into a Ventoy boot U disk into the computer, run it Ventoy2Disk.exe, and follow the steps below:
- Select the U disk to be made into a Ventoy boot U disk;
- Click
Installthe button and wait for the production process to complete.
Copy the ISO image file to the U disk
A folder ventoynamed , and the ISO image file to be installed can be directly copied to this folder. Ventoy supports ISO image files of most operating systems, such as Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, Android, ChromeOS, etc.
Start the computer and select the startup item
Insert the prepared Ventoy boot U disk into the computer where the system needs to be installed, start the computer and enter the BIOS setting interface. Select the U disk as the first startup item in the startup item setting, save the settings and restart the computer.
After restarting, the Ventoy boot menu will be automatically displayed on the screen, which contains all the ISO image files on the USB flash drive. Use the arrow keys to select the system to be installed, press Enterthe key to enter the system installation interface, and complete the operation.
Precautions:
- If you need to add or delete ISO image files, just copy the files directly to or delete them from
ventoythe folder . - Ventoy supports UEFI and Legacy BIOS boot modes, choose the corresponding boot mode according to your computer.
- If problems such as startup failure occur, you can select Ventoy's advanced options in the startup menu to adjust related settings.
In short, Ventoy is simple and convenient to operate, and it does not need to format the U disk after use, and can start multiple systems from one U disk. If you need to install multiple systems, Ventoy is a very good choice.