It's not limited to USB either it supports pretty much any kind of removable disk.
#Ventoy iso list full#
Ventoy also has a full list of tested ISOs on its website.
If you want persistent storage for a Linux live image, it can do that too. Download the ISO files from the official websites of the Linux distribution projects. You can have as many ISOs as the key will hold, and unlike a DIY solution with GRUB4DOS, there's no need to manually edit config files, add the ISO filename into a list or anything. It will boot Linux, BSD, Windows, or any standard ISO, whatever you want, and works on both BIOS and UEFI machines. You don't need a key-writing tool at all. It's quicker than writing a file, especially with Windows tools such as Rufus.
It partitions and formats your key with a small boot partition and a bigger empty one. Download either the Linux or Windows version, whichever's more convenient – it's only 18 meg, about a quarter of the size of BalenaEtcher, for instance – and run it. All you need is a spare USB key with enough space for a few ISOs eight gigs will work and 16 is plenty. Ventoy makes this quicker and easier than anything else we've seen, though.