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Ventoy 1.1.10 is an open-source utility designed to turn any USB stick into a multi-boot powerhouse that can launch ISO, WIM, IMG, VHD(x) and EFI images without repeatedly re-formatting the drive. Instead of extracting or “burning” a single operating-system image, the user simply copies as many image files as desired onto the Ventoy-prepared stick; at power-on the firmware encounters Ventoy’s bootloader and presents an automatic menu from which any of the images can be started. This makes the tool equally valuable to technicians who need one rescue drive that covers Windows, WinPE, Linux distributions, Unix variants, ChromeOS, VMware ESXi and XenServer, and to enthusiasts who like to keep several live distros or installer discs on a single flash drive. The same USB device works on Legacy BIOS, 32-bit UEFI, 64-bit x86 UEFI, ARM64 UEFI and MIPS64EL UEFI machines, accepting both MBR and GPT partition layouts, so one preparation step covers practically every PC, server or single-board computer likely to be encountered. Over 1,100 ISO files have already been verified for compatibility, and the project states that more than 90 % of the distributions tracked by DistroWatch are supported. Fourteen incremental releases have appeared since the program’s debut, each refining language support, theme customisation, secure-boot work-arounds and file-system handling, while the underlying concept—drag-and-drop images, then boot—remains unchanged. Ventoy therefore belongs to the System Utilities / Boot Manager category and is available for free on get.nero.com, where downloads are supplied through trusted Windows package sources such as winget, always delivering the latest version and supporting batch installation of multiple applications.
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