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# Ventoy
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Ventoy is an open source tool to create bootable USB drive for ISO files.
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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.
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You can copy many iso files at a time and ventoy will give you a boot menu to select them.
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Both Legacy BIOS and UEFI are supported in the same way. 200+ ISO files are tested.
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A "Ventoy Compatible" concept is introduced by ventoy, which can help to support any ISO file.
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See https://www.ventoy.net for detail.
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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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* Directly boot from iso file, no extraction needed
* Legacy + UEFI supported in the same way
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* UEFI Secure Boot supported (since 1.0.07+)
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* Persistence supported (since 1.0.11+)
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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, 200+ iso files tested
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* Not only boot but also complete installation process
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* "Ventoy Compatible" concept
* Plugin Framework
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* Auto installation supported (1.0.09+)
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* Readonly to USB drive during boot
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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
Please refer to DOC/BuildVentoyFromSource.txt