[[Ventoy]] creates a bootable [[USB]] flash drive, facilitating storage of [[ISO]] installation files from a multitude of [[OS]]s, to then [[BM]] install on [[PC]]s. Instead of carrying a bootable [[USB]] flash drive for every [[OS]], you can have a single [[USB]] flash drive to install any [[OS]]. This is what [[Ventoy]] facilitates! This guide uses [[Windows]] 10 for all [[Ventoy]] operations. ## Download Download latest <b style="color:#1e90ff; font-size: 18px;">ventoy-__.__.__-windows.zip</b> file from https://github.com/ventoy/Ventoy/releases ![[ventoy-install-0.png]] ## Create [[USB]] flash drive Insert an empty or existing [[Ventoy]] [[USB]] flash drive in the [[Windows]] 10 [[PC]]. Extract the contents of `ventoy-1.0.91-windows.zip`, in a [[Windows]] folder, and run the application <b style="color:#1e90ff; font-size: 18px;">Ventoy2Disk</b>. ![[ventoy-install-1.png]] If the [[Ventoy]] [[USB]] flash drive was never used as a [[Ventoy]] drive, just click <button style="color:#1e90ff; font-size: 18px;">Install</button>, simple as that! All data on the [[Ventoy]] [[USB]] flash drive will be lost for eternity! ![[ventoy-install-2.png]] Upon successful creation of a [[Ventoy]] flash drive, two partitions are created on that drive. The 32MB [[FAT]] partition is the boot partition of the [[Ventoy]] [[USB]] flash drive. The larger [[exFAT]] partition, is the data partition, which is used to store the images of the different [[OS]]s. ![[ventoy-disk.png]] If the [[Ventoy]] [[USB]] flash drive was used in the past as a [[Ventoy]] drive, click <button style="color:#1e90ff; font-size: 18px;">Update</button> to preserve all stored image files, or click <button style="color:#1e90ff; font-size: 18px;">Install</button> to wipe the drive clean. ![[ventoy-install-3.png]] ## Deploy [[USB]] flash drive Once the [[Ventoy]] [[USB]] flash drive has been created, we can copy [[OS]] [[ISO]] image files. We can then use the [[Ventoy]] [[USB]] flash drive to boot a [[PC]] and [[BM]] install any of the [[OS]] image files on the [[Ventoy]] [[USB]] flash drive. We can even use the [[Ventoy]] [[USB]] flash drive to boot [[KVM]]s and install [[OS]]s from the [[Ventoy]] [[USB]] flash drive. Additionally we can use the [[Ventoy]] [[USB]] flash drive to carry any other utility or software we want to use in our system installations. A typical [[Ventoy]] [[USB]] flash drive. ![[ventoy-install-4.png]] A typical [[Ventoy]] [[USB]] boot. It will list every file copied on the flash drive. ![[ventoy-install-5.png]] # Follow or Support me -> <a href='https://ko-fi.com/S6S0K9U5Q' target='_blank'><img height='36' style='border:0px;height:36px;float:right; ' src='https://storage.ko-fi.com/cdn/kofi1.png?v=3' border='0' alt='Buy Me a Coffee at ko-fi.com' /></a>