I'm actually in the process of distro hopping right now actually. I have multiple ISOs on it and adding Manjaro was very easy. Very much recommended using it.
I didn't even know it had a GUI installer, LOL. I always just used the terminal command to create the drive. I can't recommend it enough. It doesn't work with everything, but seems to work with all the popular distros I tested and Windows. The best part is not having to re-write a disc when you want change versions.
Everyone learns at their own pace. I out grew Ventoy as soon as it failed to boot on legacy bios on old hardware for a small Linux distro I am an Easy 2 Boot flash boot drive fan now
@@chasonsnotes Actually I ran into that issue too when trying to setup a TV computer with old part I had laying around. It didn't click with me that the issue was Ventoy its self. I will have to check out Easy 2 Boot, thanks.
@@iiwi758 LOL, Ironically I never did try Easy 2 Boot as it was just one older computer I had issues with. I still use Ventoy, but now I use the GUI installer.
This is absolutely awesome, most USB sticks are 16GB plus and I always "needed" more than one for each OS I wanted meaning GB of potential space on each drive just got wasted. This is one of those genuinely useful utilities that lets me use all the space on one drive freeing all my other USB sticks for backing up without me needing to go and buy new ones..
That is so cool! I am so happy you shared this. This little gem is a game changer for me. I love products and services that make life more simple and portable. I find your videos so helpful and informative. Keep up the great work.
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I have 3x the same USB stick as on movie photo. Cheap but works well. Thanks for all your videos. You have inspired me to try Linux as 2nd operating system and already using o on USB stick.
Ventoy sure is on helluva tool, a very powerful one. as the computer tech of the family and friends, having a thumb drive ready to go with all the tools and OSs to do formatting and cleaning is great. A small plus to the Ventoy experience is that you can spice up the looks of it with GRUB themes made for Ventoy.
#JOEBIDEN could say "no, of course your root password is safe with my trusted technicians in the cloud, on the Internet", but he won't until he smells your hair🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃
Just noticed Ventoy works OK for most ISOs. Been distro hopping alot more than usual. Calam Installer for Arch ISO for example only works using Rufus/Etcher, not Ventoy. So anyone who comes across an ISO not booting then grab another USB drive to do it using Rufus/Etcher or another dedicated USB bootable creator as a test.
I was trying to get a live usb to work for the last 3 days, I tried unetbootin dd etcher and they all didn't work I finally found out about ventoy and it worked perfectly first time and just after I finally boot into my live system you released this video what crazy timing eh?
I use Ventoy for work it's really good and easy to use. I have a Zalman which does the same but you have to reformat it if you want to add iso which isn't fun when you have 500+Gb of data to transfer!
For some reason, Ventoy was the only option for me as a Windows user to make a bootable Manjaro USB stick. I have used Rufus for everything else before that. Now it's not a problem, I can use dd on Manjaro for Manjaro, lol.
For anyone having issues, with it crashing in the installation faze, just format your whole stick for it to be one partition essentially, and then try again ;)
One great thing is that we can reformat the exfat parition to fat32 and with iso's, persoanl and other files can be kept there too, which would just not appear in menu of ventoy
Ventoy + Apple Hardware = Not a good time Also, if you are moving a lot of files, make sure to sync the device at the command line to make sure that the USB is fully written before removing it. Learned that one the hard way.
I need this. I installed Linux Mint on a USB and it worked fine. Then I removed the USB and tried to boot to my hard drive and… I have no idea what was written on it but it won’t boot now. I was in a rush so I switched to my Mac and set my Windows 11 machine aside. I’ll look at it further later this week. If anyone has encountered this, give me a shout.
I'd recommend making a ventoy USB on windows. If you make one on Linux, you can't see the contents properly when using windows. Making it on windows will allow you to see its content on both the systems.
That looks interesting, unless I missed it I guess they are all Live Inages so no persistant storage. That was a very fast boot up for Manjaro, did you speed it up or is it a very fast ssd in the laptop?
Ventoy allows for some distros to have persistent storage but it looks very difficult to set up. If you use Windows (or maybe a VM of Windows), you can use Rufus - which makes setting up persistence extremely easy. It is the only one that can, I think. But, that mean many flash drives instead of one Ventoy flash drive.
Have you tried this with any rescue disks isos as well? i.e. The Windows one or the boot-rescue for grub problems? Would be really cool if you can keep them on there too
I have tried it many times in my legacy boot system. But why it didn't work on my system. Someone tell me the reason.? As on its website it clearly mentioned that it works on both legacy & uefi.
The only issue with Ventoy now is that it doesn't support Secure Boot. So if you want to install Windows with that enabled for whatever reason it won't work. Let's stick with their OS flashing tool and that's it. Anyway, Ventoy rocks!
In Windows, using Ventoy and MobaLiveCD even could run/boot ISOs that USB drive has inside directly in Windows, similar as use a Virtual Machine software like VirtualBox or VMWare, but without install the distros. Would be nice to know how to do that in Linux.
Can you run Fedora 34 workstation? When I try I get an error: sh:write error: invalid argument. Do you know how I can solve this? I've already tried Memdisk.
@TechHut ok great info but have a question am a windows user and wanna try linux i want dual boot windows 11 and kde neon ,2 separate ssd but in uefi bios secure boot is on ,fast boot is on, is it possible?
Great video! I'm currently trying to learn Linux and this is going to come in handy. When jumping from distro to distro is it doing a clean install every time or does it hold the data on the each one? So say if I go from Windows to Linux then back to Windows would I start fresh each time? Also when jumping back to windows will it recognize my product key?
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What was the storage size of the USB drive?
For installing on arch I typed 'paru ventoy' and picked the version, done.
I'm actually in the process of distro hopping right now actually. I have multiple ISOs on it and adding Manjaro was very easy. Very much recommended using it.
I didn't even know it had a GUI installer, LOL. I always just used the terminal command to create the drive. I can't recommend it enough. It doesn't work with everything, but seems to work with all the popular distros I tested and Windows. The best part is not having to re-write a disc when you want change versions.
Everyone learns at their own pace.
I out grew Ventoy as soon as it failed to boot on legacy bios on old hardware for a small Linux distro
I am an Easy 2 Boot flash boot drive fan now
@@chasonsnotes Actually I ran into that issue too when trying to setup a TV computer with old part I had laying around. It didn't click with me that the issue was Ventoy its self. I will have to check out Easy 2 Boot, thanks.
@@chasonsnotes I used Ventoy in 4 different computers. After that none of them could boot. I also use Easy 2 boot, too with no problems ever since.
this thread was brought to you by easy 2 boot squad
@@iiwi758 LOL, Ironically I never did try Easy 2 Boot as it was just one older computer I had issues with. I still use Ventoy, but now I use the GUI installer.
You have earned the 1-lifetime subscriber because of this video.
I was literally searching for this today and booom you just uploaded!
Wow awesome tool! I am always flashing new distros to my usb drive. Thanks TechHut!
This is absolutely awesome, most USB sticks are 16GB plus and I always "needed" more than one for each OS I wanted meaning GB of potential space on each drive just got wasted. This is one of those genuinely useful utilities that lets me use all the space on one drive freeing all my other USB sticks for backing up without me needing to go and buy new ones..
I owe you my friend, this is one of the most useful tool I ever heard of ... already copying all my isos to _ONE_ usb key :D :D
As a distro hopper this software is pretty much helping, thanks!
AMAZING tool. Kudos to the team supporting this incredible piece of software
That is so cool! I am so happy you shared this. This little gem is a game changer for me. I love products and services that make life more simple and portable. I find your videos so helpful and informative. Keep up the great work.
I have 3x the same USB stick as on movie photo. Cheap but works well. Thanks for all your videos. You have inspired me to try Linux as 2nd operating system and already using o on USB stick.
Many many thanks for this very useful tool. I have several distributions for different purposes and now I can have them all on a single usb disk :)
You are a saint! Thank you for this video, and thank you to the people that made Ventoy!
like that cornuta at 44 seconds type of saintan
Ventoy sure is on helluva tool, a very powerful one.
as the computer tech of the family and friends, having a thumb drive ready to go with all the tools and OSs to do formatting and cleaning is great. A small plus to the Ventoy experience is that you can spice up the looks of it with GRUB themes made for Ventoy.
#JOEBIDEN could say "no, of course your root password is safe with my trusted technicians in the cloud, on the Internet", but he won't until he smells your hair🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃
Just used it today for the first time... From Linux... And it works
This thing is wild HUGE time saver
Ventoy is awesome that’s what I have been using for quite some time to install any os I use
Been using ventoy since June 2021, best tool ever.
A whole TWO months...!? You're the man. 😄
@@pekkaastrom7346 Thanks
Just noticed Ventoy works OK for most ISOs. Been distro hopping alot more than usual. Calam Installer for Arch ISO for example only works using Rufus/Etcher, not Ventoy. So anyone who comes across an ISO not booting then grab another USB drive to do it using Rufus/Etcher or another dedicated USB bootable creator as a test.
Another great use is I have all my rescue utilities on there like Gparted and Memtest etc. Ventoy will run those ISOs as well!
hey dude, i had bigh problems with getting from linux to windows, thank to your amazing tutorial. ♥
This is the new way I will do things!! Thank you so much for the video!
Sr. You are a Life Saver! Thanks and I appreciate your work. 💯
Wish 'had known it earlier! Thanks buddy❤️
Thanks for Sharing, this works like Magic!
This the fix I have been looking for great video.
Chu Dang Phu: Ventoy is dead
Like a lot of RUclipsr in 2021: *Ventoy still alive*
This is exactly what I need all the time. Thank u so much
I was trying to get a live usb to work for the last 3 days, I tried unetbootin dd etcher and they all didn't work I finally found out about ventoy and it worked perfectly first time and just after I finally boot into my live system you released this video
what crazy timing eh?
Thanks. I love multi booting!
Hope I can get it down, going to have to watch many times, I;m sure.
This is anamazing tool. Didn't know about this. Thanks!
now we can distro hopping more easy and faster
Thanks a bunch for sharing such a handy tool for distro hopping, it rocks!
Web access can't be reached, on any computer I've tried. Seems like an overly complex way of doing it, just to prove they can?
This video is a God sent😳😍
I use Ventoy for work it's really good and easy to use.
I have a Zalman which does the same but you have to reformat it if you want to add iso which isn't fun when you have 500+Gb of data to transfer!
Just what i needed. Thank you.
Great tip my friend. Hadn't heard of this one
Man, you made my day. Thanks so much!
Brilliant! Will come in very handy. 👍
Incredibly useful tool. Thanks for this video!
Nice information instantly subscribed
Thank you for making this video
For some reason, Ventoy was the only option for me as a Windows user to make a bootable Manjaro USB stick. I have used Rufus for everything else before that. Now it's not a problem, I can use dd on Manjaro for Manjaro, lol.
Have u try WSL2 to run dd command in Windows?
@@fauzanfsa nope. But Ventoy is still one of the better options, because it is so quick and easy to put multiple .iso files on the same flash drive.
Thank you for all your work! Your channel is awesome!
Very useful tool. Thank you for sharing such amazing info 😄
For anyone having issues, with it crashing in the installation faze, just format your whole stick for it to be one partition essentially, and then try again ;)
cool video, ive heard about this tool but never got to it : thanks for the indeep video !!!
Controlling Ventoy with web gui on Linux is just fun :)
Mannn, you changed my life)))) Thanks!
Super super super.... Thank you. I'll give it a try....
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I subscribed cause you helped me alot and liked cause you also helped again in bad times fixing others pc 🖥
One great thing is that we can reformat the exfat parition to fat32 and with iso's, persoanl and other files can be kept there too, which would just not appear in menu of ventoy
A very useful video, thank you so much
Omg yes. Now I've got a reason to have my USB stick always with me. :D
Awesome 😎. Keep going
My USBs love you!
...and Ventoy can reserve space at end of USB, to make fat32 so your phone can see it, copy stuff over with a live CD, and reboot.
I was expecting a persistent full blown OS installation on a portable USB drive. Can you make a tutorial on that?
Amazing! Thank you so much!
You got a subscriber Sir!!!!
Sir how to create a bootable usb where one can place Linux , windows and mac os all together
What about storing files, can you boot an ISO, create files, go online and download data onto the drive?
Thanks for this! You saved my live instead of buying tons of USB sticks.
Ventoy + Apple Hardware = Not a good time
Also, if you are moving a lot of files, make sure to sync the device at the command line to make sure that the USB is fully written before removing it. Learned that one the hard way.
I need this. I installed Linux Mint on a USB and it worked fine. Then I removed the USB and tried to boot to my hard drive and… I have no idea what was written on it but it won’t boot now. I was in a rush so I switched to my Mac and set my Windows 11 machine aside. I’ll look at it further later this week. If anyone has encountered this, give me a shout.
I'd recommend making a ventoy USB on windows. If you make one on Linux, you can't see the contents properly when using windows. Making it on windows will allow you to see its content on both the systems.
Is that some kind of bug?
@@Noobmaster_x69 Not sure. But when I tested it, this was the result.
Found this today. Corrupted the installation of my only pc at hand and need to create a live usb. Had to buy otg cable but thats about it.
Question?????????
Will I need to install the operating system every time time you boot up? Or will it start at the full install?
That looks interesting, unless I missed it I guess they are all Live Inages so no persistant storage. That was a very fast boot up for Manjaro, did you speed it up or is it a very fast ssd in the laptop?
Ventoy allows for some distros to have persistent storage but it looks very difficult to set up. If you use Windows (or maybe a VM of Windows), you can use Rufus - which makes setting up persistence extremely easy. It is the only one that can, I think. But, that mean many flash drives instead of one Ventoy flash drive.
Nice, I will test this tool.
greetings sir, do i just download the iso file of windows 10 and then move it to ventoy?
I have the same Kingston Datatraveler pendrive.
Awesome. Thank you
so do you just install onto your SSD when you want to run a specific distro?
Does anyone know how to delete distros completely from ventoy? Because I just deletet a few distros but they are still shown
great video!
"but, I do not so let's not do that" with regards to windows is so funny ahahhaahhahha
That seems very fast boot for live cd. I previously used YUMI for make multi boots, but later switch to Balena Ether for the speed of the live cd.
How does this compare to the YUMI tool? Haven't heard of this tool until now, but I've been using YUMI for my multiboot needs.
Great job, but can you actually install those distros and win11 on the same hdd drive?
Superb!
would this work with an external SSD?
I can recomend to use a SD-card (maybe even with an adapter). They are usually much faster than sticks themself.
This is false and not a good idea at all. SD cards are easily corrupted.
I had fewer SD-cards dying on me than sticks. But I aggree, nether of them is a great long time storage.
Have you tried this with any rescue disks isos as well? i.e. The Windows one or the boot-rescue for grub problems? Would be really cool if you can keep them on there too
Thanks you youtube recommendation
I have tried it many times in my legacy boot system.
But why it didn't work on my system.
Someone tell me the reason.?
As on its website it clearly mentioned that it works on both legacy & uefi.
The only issue with Ventoy now is that it doesn't support Secure Boot. So if you want to install Windows with that enabled for whatever reason it won't work.
Let's stick with their OS flashing tool and that's it.
Anyway, Ventoy rocks!
Can you make a multi boot usb with persistent data?
In Windows, using Ventoy and MobaLiveCD even could run/boot ISOs that USB drive has inside directly in Windows, similar as use a Virtual Machine software like VirtualBox or VMWare, but without install the distros. Would be nice to know how to do that in Linux.
Can you run Fedora 34 workstation? When I try I get an error: sh:write error: invalid argument. Do you know how I can solve this? I've already tried Memdisk.
My pc is gpt uefi configured. Is it possible that all of these iso's can be bootable with uefi mode?
Will give it a try!! Exc video thx
Can you make a video on how to theme ventoy
I tried sometime ago but I didn't work for me I don't know what was wrong but the concept is awesome thanks
@TechHut
ok great info
but have a question am a windows user and wanna try linux
i want dual boot windows 11 and kde neon ,2 separate ssd but in uefi bios secure boot is on ,fast boot is on,
is it possible?
I hit a wall in pop os last version the ventoy code not work ??
Great video! I'm currently trying to learn Linux and this is going to come in handy. When jumping from distro to distro is it doing a clean install every time or does it hold the data on the each one? So say if I go from Windows to Linux then back to Windows would I start fresh each time? Also when jumping back to windows will it recognize my product key?
Just saying, your videos are definitely looking better :)
Don't use ventoy just for iso mutiboot. Use the persistence mode multiboot ventoy feature (vhd or dat). Combine USB 3.X ssd/nvme. It's more fun !!!!!
Could you elaborate on that? Like maybe give some links ??
@@adityaj7664 Ventoy Documentation:
www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_vhdboot.html
www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_vtoyboot.html
www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_persistence.html