The difference is that you don't have to format your usb drive every time like you need to with something like Rufus and other solutions. After installing Ventoy on the flash drive, you just have to copy the ISO into it. You may paste multiple ISO into it. Windows, Linux, etc are supported. Check this for secure boot support: https://www.ventoy.net/en/doc_secure.html
Ventoy 1.0.45 Released (May 29, 2021) Website Download (GitHub) Changelog Spoiler: Changs 1.0.45 1.0.45 Add random theme select support. Notes Add parent option in auto_install plugin. Notes Add parent option in injection plugin. Notes Add ExtendPersistentImg.sh for lossless expansion of persistent dat file. Notes Print progress when use md5sum/sha1sum/sha256sum/sha512sum in grub shell. Fix pack error in vDisk env (#912) languages.ini update See https://www.ventoy.net/en/doc_news.html for detail.
Ventoy 1.0.46 Released (June 13, 2021) Website Download (GitHub) Changelog Spoiler: Changs 1.0.46 1.0.46 Compatibility improvement for booting ISO file in Legacy BIOS mode. vtoyboot-1.0.13 release. Notes Windows VHD(x) boot plugin vhdimg v3.0 release. Notes Fix a bug about ventoy version message position when VTOY_DEFAULT_IMG was set to F6>xxx Optimization for booting CRUX distro Make priority key>parent in menu class plugin languages.ini update New image support Lakka-Generic.x86_64-3.1.img (Legacy + UEFI) Lakka-Generic.x86_64-3.0.img (Legacy + UEFI) See ventoy.net/en/doc_news.html for detail.
Ventoy 1.0.47 Released (July 17, 2021) Website Download (GitHub) Changelog Spoiler: Changes 1.0.47 1.0.47 Optimizations for booting openwrt Support some floppy images in Memdisk mode Remove the 2TB limit for the reserved space in Ventoy2Disk.exe Fixed a bug when booting big boot.wim file. Compatibility improvement for WinPE which contains PECMD.EXE Fix Parabola rEFInd booting (#989) Add check for the built-in browser in WebDeepin.sh Speedup md5sum/sha1sum/sha256sum/sha512sum command vtoyboot-1.0.16 release. Notes vdiskchain-1.3 release. Notes languages.ini update New image support HBCD_PE_x64.iso v1.0.2 (Legacy + UEFI) MocaccinoOS-MATE-0.20210714.iso (Legacy + UEFI) See ventoy.net/en/doc_news.html for detail.
Ventoy 1.0.48 Released (August 1, 2021) Website Download (GitHub) Changelog Spoiler: Changes 1.0.48 1.0.48 Add Option --> Generate VTSI File feature. Notes Fix the missing program issue for EasyU Fix Windows boot issue when Ventoy is booted from rEFInd Fix the boot issue for latest release of Artix Linux Fix some bugs for nested boot (e.g. Ventoy-->rEFInd-->Ventoy). Better support for custom arch iso (#1021) Remove VentoyWebDeepin.sh languages.ini update See ventoy.net/en/doc_news.html for more details.
Ventoy 1.0.50 Released (August 14, 2021) Website Download (GitHub) Changelog Spoiler: Changes 1.0.50 1.0.50 Support synoboot.img v1.02b Fix the boot issue for some Win7PE Fix the boot issue for Windows in UEFI mode on some Dell server Fix the boot issue for Untangle distro Fix the boot issue when install some Lite Windows version with special file name. Fix Failed to open random seed file error message for arch linux in some UEFI machine. Fix the check media issue for SUSE/openSUSE. Add F5-->Tools-->Ventoy UEFI Utilities-->Show EFI Drivers menu vtoyboot-1.0.18 release Notes languages.ini update See ventoy.net/en/doc_news.html for more details.
Ventoy 1.0.51 Released (August 27, 2021) Website Download (GitHub) Changelog Spoiler: Changes 1.0.51 1.0.51 Experimental support FydeOS/CloudReady Notes Fix the mount issue for 2K10 Win7x64 PE Support 2k10 PE x86 series Support escaped quotes (") in ventoy.json. (#1062) Support Lenovo EasyStartup New image support FydeOS_for_PC_v12.2-stable.img (UEFI) cloudready-free-92.3.4-64bit.img (UEFI) EasyStartupv3.7.9.iso (Legacy + UEFI) See ventoy.net/en/doc_news.html for more details.
Ventoy 1.0.54 Released (October 12, 2021) Website Download (GitHub) Changelog Spoiler: Changes v1.0.54 Ventoy Live CD update and has a GUI now. Notes Support WinPE with PESET.EXE Fix a bug when booting trisquel 10 (#1127) Fix a bug when install Untangle (#1120) Fix a bug that menu_tip is not shown for the default menu item. Support Porteus v5.0rc3 Document When Ventoy2Disk.exe Failed To Update languages.json update See ventoy.net/en/doc_news.html for more details.
Ventoy 1.0.55 Released (October 17, 2021) Website Download (GitHub) Changelog Spoiler: Changes v1.0.55 1.0.55 Optimization for Ventoy2Disk.exe. Improve the success rate of installation and upgrade. Add VTOY_WIN11_BYPASS_CHECK option in Global Control plugin. Notes Add VentoyAutoRun feature for Windows ISO in Injection Plugin. Notes Compatibility improvement for WinPE ISO languages.json update See ventoy.net/en/doc_news.html for more details.
Ventoy 1.0.56 Released (October 22, 2021) Website Download (GitHub) Changelog Spoiler: Changes v1.0.56 1.0.56 Add Ctrl+h hotkey for help. Add VTOY_HELP_TXT_LANGUAGE option in Global Control plugin. Notes Add Ctrl+m hotkey for file cheksum. Notes Add timeout option in Auto Install plugin. Notes Add support for Eset SysRescue image file. (#1162) Fix the long delay when boot tails in UEFI mode. languages.json update New image support (total 760+) eset_sysrescue_live_enu.img (Legacy + UEFI) dfly-x86_64-6.0.1_REL.iso (Legacy + UEFI) See ventoy.net/en/doc_news.html for more details.
Does Ventoy provide the ability to group 'like ISOs' together on the main menu under a user-named category? For example... AntiMalware Backup-Restore Drive Partitioning etc.
Well, I just created a Ventoy UFD and the way to get that done is not obvious (to me). Furthermore, when I press Cntrl + h it doesn't result in Help (or do anything)?
Ventoy 1.0.57 Released (October 29, 2021) Website Download (GitHub) Changelog Spoiler: Changes v1.0.57 1.0.57 Optimization for Ventoy2Disk.exe. Improve the success rate of upgrade. Change help hotkey from Ctrl+h to h. Change checksum hotkey from Ctrl+m to m. Add Checksum file compare feature. Notes Improvement for multi-mode option. Now you can use for example theme_uefi and theme at the same time. Notes Improve Boot Conf Replace Plugin for systemd-boot in UEFI mode. Notes Fix a bug when booting latest ROSA distro in Legacy BIOS mode. Help information translation update languages.json update See ventoy.net/en/doc_news.html for more details.
You may now use Ventoy without deleting data on USB Sticks November 11, 2021 https://www.ghacks.net/2021/11/11/you-may-now-use-ventoy-without-deleting-data-on-usb-sticks/
Ventoy 1.0.60 Released (deprecated) (November 12, 2021) Website Download (GitHub) Changelog Spoiler: Changes v1.0.60 1.0.60 Fix some BUGs when do non-destructive installation with GPT disk. Now 1.0.59 release is deprecated. Add non-destructive installation support in Linux Ventoy2Disk.sh. Notes Optimization for Ventoy2Disk.exe. Use powershell as an alternative when VDS is unavailable. Document: About GRUB2 Mode Help information language update languages.json update See ventoy.net/en/doc_news.html for more details.