<s>
Ventoy	B-Application
is	O
a	O
free	B-License
and	I-License
open-source	I-License
utility	B-Application
used	I-Application
for	I-Application
writing	I-Application
image	I-Application
files	I-Application
such	O
as	O
.iso	B-General_Concept
,	O
.wim	O
,	O
.img	B-General_Concept
,	O
.vhd(x )	O
,	O
and	O
files	O
onto	O
storage	O
media	O
to	O
create	O
bootable	B-Operating_System
USB	I-Operating_System
flash	O
drives	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Once	O
Ventoy	B-Application
is	O
installed	O
onto	O
a	O
USB	O
drive	O
,	O
there	O
is	O
no	O
need	O
to	O
reformat	B-Application
the	O
disk	O
to	O
update	O
it	O
with	O
new	O
installation	O
files	O
;	O
it	O
is	O
enough	O
to	O
copy	O
the	O
.iso	B-General_Concept
,	O
,	O
,	O
,	O
or	O
file(s )	O
to	O
the	O
USB	O
drive	O
and	O
boot	O
from	O
them	O
directly	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ventoy	B-Application
will	O
present	O
the	O
user	O
with	O
a	O
boot	O
menu	O
to	O
select	O
one	O
of	O
these	O
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ventoy	B-Application
can	O
be	O
installed	O
on	O
a	O
USB	O
flash	O
drive	O
,	O
local	O
disk	O
,	O
SSD	B-Device
(	O
NVMe	B-Application
)	O
,	O
or	O
SD	B-Device
Card	I-Device
and	O
it	O
will	O
directly	O
boot	O
from	O
the	O
selected	O
.iso	B-General_Concept
,	O
,	O
,	O
,	O
or	O
file(s )	O
added	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ventoy	B-Application
does	O
not	O
extract	O
the	O
image	O
file(s )	O
to	O
the	O
USB	O
drive	O
,	O
but	O
uses	O
them	O
directly	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
possible	O
to	O
place	O
multiple	O
ISO	B-General_Concept
images	I-General_Concept
on	O
a	O
single	O
device	O
and	O
select	O
the	O
image	O
to	O
boot	O
from	O
the	O
menu	O
displayed	O
just	O
after	O
Ventoy	B-Application
boots	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MBR	B-Device
and	O
GPT	B-Application
partition	I-Application
styles	O
,	O
x86	O
Legacy	B-Operating_System
BIOS	I-Operating_System
and	O
various	O
UEFI	B-Architecture
boot	O
methods	O
(	O
including	O
persistence	B-Application
)	O
are	O
supported	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ISO	B-General_Concept
files	I-General_Concept
larger	O
than	O
4	O
GB	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ventoy	B-Application
supports	O
various	O
operating	O
system	O
boot	O
and	O
installation	O
ISO	B-General_Concept
files	I-General_Concept
including	O
Windows	B-Device
7	I-Device
and	O
above	O
,	O
Debian	O
,	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
,	O
CentOS	O
,	O
RHEL	O
,	O
Deepin	B-Application
,	O
Fedora	O
and	O
more	O
than	O
a	O
hundred	O
other	O
Linux	B-Application
distributions	I-Application
;	O
various	O
UNIX	B-Application
releases	O
,	O
VMware	O
,	O
Citrix	B-Operating_System
XenServer	I-Operating_System
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
