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Creating a Multi-OS Bootable Drive (with Ventoy) ​

In this article, you will learn how to create a multi-OS bootable USB drive using Ventoy.

Ventoy is a tool that allows you to create a bootable USB drive with multiple operating systems or recovery tools. Unlike other software, Ventoy allows you to simply store the ISO files directly on the USB. This can be really helpful if you have a suite of tools that you often use and you don't want to use a different USB drive for each one of them.

Installing Ventoy on a USB ​

In this section, you will learn how to use the Ventoy-to-USB tool to install Ventoy on your USB.

Caution

Installing Ventoy will wipe all data on the target drive. Back up your data before proceeding, or use a drive that you know is empty.

  1. Download the Ventoy-to-USB tool. Since Ventoy is open-source, you can also download the latest release from GitHub.

    Download page of Ventoy

  2. Plug-in the drive you want to use, which should have at least 8GB available.

  3. In File Explorer, right-click on the file that you have just downloaded and select Extract. Then, inside the folder named ventoy-1.x.xx, run the executable named Ventoy2Disk.exe. A UAC prompt will pop up, click Yes.

  4. Select your drive in the device drop-down menu. If your drive is not in the list, try clicking the green refresh button.

    Select USB

  5. Click the Install button to install Ventoy on the drive. After it has finished, you will see a drive called "Ventoy" in File Explorer. This is where you can store the ISO files.

    Click on Install button

Downloading ISO files ​

Windows ​

To download a Windows ISO file, refer to the Downloading Windows page.

Note

You can read more about reinstalling Windows on the Installing Windows wiki page.

Other tools ​

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