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<h1 align="center">
<a href=https://www.ventoy.net/>Ventoy</a>
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<img src="https://img.shields.io/github/release/ventoy/Ventoy.svg?style=for-the-badge">
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Ventoy is an open source tool to create bootable USB drive for ISO/WIM/IMG/VHD(x)/EFI files. <br/>
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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.
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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 and ARM64 UEFI are supported in the same way.<br/>
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Both MBR and GPT partition style are supported in the same way.<br/>
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Most type of OS supported(Windows/WinPE/Linux/Unix/Vmware/Xen...) <br/>
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610+ ISO files are tested. 90%+ distros in distrowatch.com supported. <br/>
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# Features
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* 100% open source
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* Simple to use
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* Fast (limited only by the speed of copying iso file)
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* 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
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* MBR and GPT partition style supported (1.0.15+)
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* x86 Legacy BIOS, IA32 UEFI, x86_64 UEFI, ARM64 UEFI supported
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* UEFI Secure Boot supported (1.0.07+)
* Persistence supported (1.0.11+)
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* Windows auto installation supported (1.0.09+)
* RHEL7/8/CentOS/7/8/SUSE/Ubuntu Server/Debian ... auto installation supported (1.0.09+)
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* FAT32/exFAT/NTFS/UDF/XFS/Ext2(3)(4) supported for main partition
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* ISO files larger than 4GB supported
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* Native boot menu style for Legacy & UEFI
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* Most type of OS supported, 610+ iso files tested
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* Linux vDisk boot supported
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* Not only boot but also complete installation process
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* Menu dynamically switchable between List/TreeView mode
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* "Ventoy Compatible" concept
* Plugin Framework
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* Injection files to runtime enviroment
* Boot configuration file dynamically replacement
* Highly customizable theme and menu
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* USB drive write-protected support
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* USB normal use unaffected
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* Data nondestructive during version upgrade
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* No need to update Ventoy when a new distro is released
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![avatar](https://www.ventoy.net/static/img/screen/screen_uefi.png)
# Installation Instructions
See [https://www.ventoy.net/en/doc_start.html](https://www.ventoy.net/en/doc_start.html) for detail
# Compile Instructions
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Please refer to [BuildVentoyFromSource.txt](https://github.com/ventoy/Ventoy/blob/master/DOC/BuildVentoyFromSource.txt)
# Document
Title | Link
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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)
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**Global Control** | [https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_control.html](https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_control.html)
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**Auto Installation** | [https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_autoinstall.html](https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_autoinstall.html)
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**Injection Plugin** | [https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_injection.html](https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_injection.html)
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**Persistence Support** | [https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_persistence.html](https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_persistence.html)
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**Boot WIM file** | [https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_wimboot.html](https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_wimboot.html)
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**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)
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**Menu Extension** | [https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_grubmenu.html](https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_grubmenu.html)
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**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)
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**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)
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# FAQ
See [https://www.ventoy.net/en/faq.html](https://www.ventoy.net/en/faq.html) for detail
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# Forum
[https://forums.ventoy.net](https://forums.ventoy.net)