Note these downloadable images cannot be distributed legally and at the same time tend to trigger false alarms in antivirus software which makes many people uncomfortable with them (and they should be). There are downloadable ISOs floating around, most notably medicat Not all software runs in PE but plenty does. You can create one with PEbakery for example. It is suitable for rescue but not for production (shuts down after some hours of usage to prevent using it permanently). For the better and sustainable development of Ventoy, I provide the subscription service.ĭownload: Ventoy 1.0.76 | 15.Another option is a beefed up Windows PE. But Ventoy project need to pay for the server hosting, domain name, bandwidth, many USB sticks for test, large capacity of HDD (for downloading ISO files) and so on.

Ventoy is an open source software under GPLv3 license.

Support EasyOS partition resize at the first boot time.

Fix a bug when booting linux vdisk (.vtoy) file in Legacy BIOS mode with F2 or ventoy_grub.cfg.

Auto use memdisk/grub2/wimboot mode if the ISO file name contains special identifier.

Fix the issue when enrolling key for secure boot with Super UEFIinSecureBoot Disk v3-3.

Enable secure boot support option by default when install Ventoy.

No need to update Ventoy when a new distro is released.

Data nondestructive during version upgrade.

Menu Alias/Menu Style/Customized Menu supported.

Linux vDisk boot supported (vdi/vhd/raw).

ISO files can be listed in List mode/TreeView mode.Not only boot but also complete installation process.Most type of OS supported(Windows/WinPE/Linux/Unix/Vmware/Xen.), 550+ iso files tested.Native boot menu style for Legacy & UEFI.

IMG files boot supported (Legacy + UEFI) (1.0.19+).WIM files boot supported (Legacy + UEFI) (1.0.12+).MBR and GPT partition style supported (1.0.15+).UEFI Secure Boot supported (since 1.0.07+).Legacy + UEFI supported in the same way.Directly boot from ISO/WIM/IMG/VHD(x)/EFI file, no extraction needed.Fast (limited only by the speed of copying iso file).Most type of OS supported (Windows/WinPE/Linux/Unix/Vmware/Xen.) Both Legacy BIOS and UEFI are supported in the same way. You can copy many files at a time and ventoy will give you a boot menu to select them. With Ventoy, you don't need to format the disk over and over, you just need to copy the ISO/WIM/IMG/VHD(x)EFI files to the USB drive and boot them directly. Ventoy is an open source tool to create bootable USB drive for ISO/WIM/IMG/VHD(x)/EFI files.

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