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Create a Ventoy USB drive on Windows

Download and install Ventoy onto a USB drive from Windows using the official GUI installer. Drop ISOs directly onto the drive — no Rufus, no re-flashing.

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# Download the latest Ventoy Windows package via PowerShell
# Check https://github.com/ventoy/Ventoy/releases for the latest version
$VentoyVer = "1.0.99"
$Url = "https://github.com/ventoy/Ventoy/releases/download/v$VentoyVer/ventoy-$VentoyVer-windows.zip"
$Dest = "$env:USERPROFILE\Downloads\ventoy-$VentoyVer-windows.zip"

Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $Url -OutFile $Dest
Expand-Archive -Path $Dest -DestinationPath "$env:USERPROFILE\Downloads\ventoy-$VentoyVer"

# Open the extracted folder in Explorer
explorer "$env:USERPROFILE\Downloads\ventoy-$VentoyVer\ventoy-$VentoyVer"

What this does

Downloads and extracts the Ventoy Windows package. After extraction you run Ventoy2Disk.exe (the GUI) to install Ventoy onto your USB drive. Once installed, drop ISO files directly onto the drive — Ventoy presents a selection menu at boot with no re-flashing required.

Prerequisites

  • Windows 10 or later
  • A USB drive (8 GB minimum; 32 GB+ recommended)
  • PowerShell 5.1+ (built into Windows 10/11)

Installing with the GUI

  1. Open the extracted folder and run Ventoy2Disk.exe (right-click → Run as administrator)
  2. Select your USB drive from the Device dropdown at the top — double-check the drive letter
  3. Click Install and confirm the warning
  4. Installation takes under 30 seconds

Windows may show a SmartScreen warning — click More info → Run anyway. Ventoy is open source and the executable is signed with the project’s certificate.

Verify the correct drive

Before clicking Install, confirm the correct drive is selected. Ventoy will erase all data on the target. Check Disk Management (Win + X → Disk Management) or File Explorer to match the drive letter to your USB.

Updating an existing Ventoy drive

Open Ventoy2Disk.exe — if Ventoy is already installed on the selected drive, the button changes to Upgrade. Click it to update the bootloader without touching your ISOs.

Adding ISOs after install

The Ventoy data partition appears as a normal drive letter in File Explorer. Copy ISOs directly to it:

D:\ubuntu-24.04-desktop-amd64.iso
D:\windows-11-23h2.iso
D:\linux\fedora-40-workstation.iso

Ventoy scans all subdirectories, so folders work fine for organisation.

Secure Boot

On first boot from the Ventoy drive, select Enroll Key from the Ventoy menu to register the MOK certificate. After enrolment, Secure Boot will trust the loader on subsequent boots.

Notes

  • Ventoy2Disk.exe requires administrator rights to write to the MBR/GPT
  • Ventoy supports ISO, WIM, IMG, VHD(x), and EFI files — including Windows installation media
  • Source code: github.com/ventoy/Ventoy (open source, Apache 2.0)
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