I learned about Ventoy about two years ago, as I was trying out every multiboot flash drive program around. The problem was some ISO's would work and others not. So far I have found them all to work and work well with Ventoy. I have several Ventoy disks that I create so that if one gets corrupted when you least expect it I have another. I also have a 2TB Seagate Personal drive and have over 80 different ISO's on it. Like you I have also created a folder to put other software and files that I might need. I have started using a larger group of portable applications which do not have to be installed into the system like the normal installs, for working with a computer customer. Thank you for sharing this video. Side note, when you go to install a linux distro like Ubuntu, you need to remove the USB drive before you do the install. It will otherwise become part of the boot process of the installed distro. That corrupts the Ventoy drive and you have to do a remake when you get home.
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You should consider adding information about how Ventoy's "security key" may need to be enrolled before before the newly created Ventoy USB can be used to boot to the various ISO options on the USB. I have created some Ventoy USB over the past few years and never encountered the problem I had when creating a new USB to use with my new Windows 11 computer, using your easy to follow guide. Because secure boot was in effect I needed to enroll the key (I did it through the key method, not the hash method) and once I did that the Ventoy USB worked fine. Yes, I know I could have turned secure boot off and used Ventory and then turn secure boot back on, but hey when your are troubleshooting a problem that step could be forgotten.
Hi ripper, I think I have that problem with your describing. I have a new Lenovo Windows 11 computer and I can't get ventoy to boot on my thumb drive. I got an error message. Can you describe what you mean when you say you enrolled a key on ventoy? I have no idea what that means. thanks
NOTICE: I Formatted my USB drive. I was under the presumption this would remove everything associated with "Ventoy." However, "Formatting"" the USB drive did NOT remove Ventoy. When Ventoy is placed on the USB drive, Ventoy creates its own partition. This partition is NOT "Formatted" when the USB drive is "Formatted." Apparentlly the only way to get rid of Ventoy from a USB drive is to "Merge" all the partitions, and then do a "Format" of the USB drive. I was going to use MemTest86 on its own - without Ventoy. So, MemTest86 was placed on the one partition that was new and had been formatted. But, when I used MemTest86 it showed up under "Ventoy," even though MemTest was on the other partition.
for the past 6 months I've been pointing folks at your two usb video when they have windows problems now I'm excited to get started with this new solution. A massive thankyou for the work you have put in making the video's.
I appreciate that! FYI there is an updated version with updated links and more information: [2024 MEGA update!] 2 USB boot drives EVERY Windows user should make before it's too late! ua-cam.com/video/pi3haU6h1es/v-deo.html
Thank you for the useful info. I used to be a Geek Squad member back in the day.. Early to late 2000s then left for law enforcement.. Just one thing so you guys don't learn the hard way like I did. I did all that nice setup then I decided to "add" Medicat. It wiped everything and there was no warning of format like all the formatting softwares I've used. I had a bunch of ISOs and drivers. It seems like if you want to go with Medicat do that first, then if your flash drive is large like mine (256GB), just add the extra stuff on it after.
Brilliant! I’ve got a big smile on my face 😁. I just ordered and received a shiny new flash drive. In order to make the rescue disc/s but hadn’t got round to doing it by following your previous hyrens video. Even though I know nothing, I was asking myself why you needed two drives. As if by magic this came up. Very much appreciate your clear instructions. And even more your candour about how you decided to investigate, and then recommend, Ventoy. Thank you 🙏
In my 15 years of IT job - I have never seen anyone like you who can run everything you should in this video as if "it's SO SIMPLE". You just gave me GOD MODE haha. God bless :)
I'm impressed .... a "How to" video that is easy to follow and made so it's not flying thru screens so I can't see what was selected. I'll be watching more of your videos for sure. I had never heard of Ventoy and I read a LOT.
I use Ventoy for the past 2 years and what I store on my ventoy drive is 1. WinPE 11-10-8 Sergei Strelec iso 2. Snappy driver installer 3. latest Windows 10/11 iso's. Those Iso's allow me to freshly install/repair most common computer systems/Problems and doesn't require hugh USB drive 128GB is prefect in the near future
I'm using a ventoy 500gb external ssd for over a year and it's a really great tool, the only minor problem is it's not considered safe bootable on some lenovo laptops even with safe key implemented. Still starts working after some setups in extended mode bios.
These are all methods for which computer technicians are usually stuck. Nowadays everything is much more simplified. All you need is a copy, even the free version, of Aomei Backupper, which creates a grub menu from which you can choose whether to enter your OS or Aomei's recovery system. Aomei also creates incremental backups for you to access at boot time, at any time.
I used to use Acronis, but it didn't work well for copying one drive to another (when both drives were in an external caddy)...it kept using the boot info from the internal drive, and if that was different than the external, oh well. I guess this was supposed to be a limitation on the home version to prevent you from using it in a tech environment. I tried Macrium (free) and liked it, especially it's emergency boot USB creation. So I purchased a 4-license family pack on a sale they had. Shortly after they jacked up the price to a subscription model (per machine) that was expensive. I might use more than 4 licenses, so I was looking elsehwere. Since then I've considered Hasleo Backup Suite. It is free and even supports incremental and differential backups (which FBackup does not do in the free version). I'm going to be experimenting with it in the future.
@@AskYourComputerGuy You have to get the older versions of Macrium from before they went pricing-only. The last free version was v7.3.6391. I have only done Windows stuff, but Macrium has worked every time even with modern hardware (newer PC + SSD).
I am also in the IT Field, I am heading towards retirement so I am old school. I find your channel refreshingly easy to follow. Going to Use an External USB3 SSD instead of a USB Flash. Looking at Medicat as well. Thanks for the pointers.
the thing about ventoy, that i like the most is the fact that you can still use a ventoy stick as a normal usb drive ontop. Therefore, i have like 6 or 7 flash drives around the house and all of them are ventoy sticks just in case. so i dont even need to find the one bootable stick, i can boot from any flash drive
I have been using Ventoy for several years now and have it on a 1TB USB SanDisk, and also on a USB 2TB Seagate personal drive and have copied approximately 65 ISO's to it and it works great. So it does not have to be limited to a small USB Flash Drive. My next project is to learn the Network Ventoy.
Easy2boot does more than Ventoy and Easy2boot can have both Ventoy and agFM installed additionally on the same flash drive should you want to use any of the three options.
Hi Scott, Hope all is good. I followed your instructions to a T. I have made my Veytoy USB drive (128 GB) Thought I'd share what I have on the drive - Windows 10 - Windows 11 - Hiren’s BootCD PE - LinixMint (If needed) - FBackUp - VM Ware (Non-Commercial) The reason why I put VM Ware, is That I have some friends and family who may want to try for example Linux now they can. To be honest, I've tried Linux maybe just me but I can't get into it. Not hate to Linux users. Yes, I took your advice about adding software. Thanks again
I guess I don't get it. Why is Ventoy better than backing up to an external drive? Also, I've always wondered why backing up isn't a one or two click thing. They have created high level AI but somehow these smart people can't (won't?) design a back up process without 197 steps?
Ventoy is better, in my opinion, because you not only have the ability to back up to a flash drive (or external storage in your case), but you have the added benefit of tons of repair tools and operating system installers on the same disk. Just makes sense to wear one took belt vs several. But everyone has different needs ;)
What is the best combination for the flash drive when you create Vin toy? Mbr or gpt, and what file system, expat or ntfs? combination I messed up my jump drives now having problems creating but I gotta wipe them start over again so that’s why I’m asking.
For best compatibility in my opinion, probably MBR and EX-FAT. For speed, MBR and NTFS. Stay away from GPT as it's a newer fornat and not all machines have the ability to read GPT drives yet. Stick with MBR and EX-FAT and you should be fine 💪
I used to carry around a wallet just for USB drives. Ever since I found out about Ventoy, I only ever need just one flash drive now. It's been awesome not having to worry about labeling all my drives or misplacing the particular one I need.
I'm a life long friend from the first 19 seconds of your video. I remember Norton Utils and 40 meg hard drives. My 1st IBM PC1 MB had a 10meg full height Bay Seagate Hard Drive... and I liked it back then, I had a Hercules Graphic card so I could see dithered color in green dots. It was wonderful.
Thank you for this excellent video. I don't always follow directions and take shortcuts to save time. After reviewing the process, I fixed my mistakes and now everything works well. I am glad I found your channel!
Very nice presentation. I like that you always eager to learn new things. Question: Lets say I have 1 TB USB flash driver. Does this setup allow in convenient way to backup Linux and Windows files from unbootable system? I didn't see there steps to create extra data partitions of types like NTFS, exFAT, EXT3/4. NTFS when need to preserve file attributes. Ubuntu older than v22 dont support exFAT. So all 4 types may be needed to copy files from any system.
There is also the optical drive emulator device called "IODD". Same ISO drag and drop. IODD will boot on any hardware as the pc/server will see it as a USB optical disk. Boots on everything even old 2000 era hardware that is non-UEFI.
Iodd 2541 and st400 are two devices personally used. Recommend either. They can do images, ISO’s, VHD, and virtual removable hard drives. Works with all devices I have tried on that can do disc boot also.
Back in the day, I used Hiren's by loading on a writable mini-CD [you could get versions that were credit-card sized that could pop straight into your wallet for an 'everyday carry"]. There were also mini-distros of Linux, and of course, it was lots of command-line interfacing. So familiarity with bash and DOS shell was important. The thing about read-only installation/repair media is that you can be absolutely sure that the change-rooted environment you boot up in is clean of malware [provided of course your media was clean to begin with!; -)] I suppose in theory you could come across viral code in the CMOS memory, but I never encountered it.
One thing to be wary of is updating the Ventoy software on the USB stick using the update option in the program's menu. When I did that it wiped all the ISO files from my USB stick and made it so that none of the partitions were recognized by Windows. I had to do a DiskPart format to get the drive back to factory standards and functional again. I think in some cases the Ventoy software has to be updated using that live ISO file that's also available for download on the Ventoy website, although when I last looked into it there wasn't much documentation on it. Since then I just run an older version of Ventoy as am too scared to update it given that I've got about 60Gb of ISO files now on my Ventoy stick and it's slow as molasses writing that much data to even USB 3.0.
Thanks for sharing. I have not heard of Ventoy deleting anything on the update except the boot partition, which is not where the ISO files should be stored. Maybe that's what happened, you put the ISO files on the boot partition? Is that possible?
Well that's news to me. Can't see any other way it would, considering the people who created Ventoy say it doesn't delete anything, just updates. I'd check the Ventoy forums for more information
@@FlyboyHelosim I think it only formats if you change the partition type. try to remember if you used mbr or gpt as partition type in ventoy before doing an update! I regularly update my ventoy drive and I haven't come across any issues regarding my iso's getting deleted. Maybe try to see what went wrong on a test drive?
@@Daonexus I would have kept the partition type the same, MBR, as I use a 64Gb USB stick. I only really did the update out of curiosity. It's not something I really feel the need to keep updated and I don't even use it that often.
I appreciate you distributing this knowledge and the way you explain everything so that even a beginner could understand. I would always recommend showing, even very quickly, what something does, then going over installation.
One thing you might have mentioned was the Partition Configuration option, which makes it possible to reserve some space for a separate partition on the flash drive when you flash it with Ventoy. This is great when you use live CD's as you can access the internet and download stuff, save it on the separate partition in case you haven't prepared for something going wrong like having Hirens or whatever. EDIT: As far as I know, since I haven't used Ventoy since version 1.0.78, it's not possible to access the ISO storage part when you boot into a live CD environment - might've changed.
I did address this at 11:06, but the reason I chose the folder option vs the separate partition option is because I had difficulty making it work and boot properly. If I had an issue with it, I knew an average user would also. So creating a folder just for personal files (which can also be mapped as a drive letter in Windows, simulating a separate partition), would be a much more user-friendly option ;)
The only issue I had with Ventoy was with ISO's that were either UEFI or legacy boot. Mixing the two didn't work so I had to have two Ventoy drives one that was for legacy booting ISOa and one for UEFI booting ISOs. It may not be an issue any longer so I'll give it another try.
That's an interesting dilemma. Haven't even thought of that. Let me know what you find out. I'm sure someone on the Ventoy forums has addressed this. I'd start there :)
@@AskYourComputerGuy I think it may be more of an issue with the BIOS config and the ISOs in Ventoy. Selecting either UEFI or Legacy boot in the BIOS can cause a failure in the opposite one booting depending on which one the ROM uses.
Agreed... had the same problem when I first used Ventoy (with Medicat) a couple weeks ago trying to clone/upgrade a laptop SSD... some of the iso's wouldn't boot until I changed the BIOS to legacy... then others wouldn't work until I changed it back to UEFI. At some point Windows gave errors and I had a mini-heart atack as it looked like something partition related got screwed up. My suggestion is to make notes about each step you try, so you can go back and undo it logically.
Update: Scott directed me to "Nico Knows Tech" for help with my disappearing USB problem noted below (8/26/24). Nico's process for recovering my flash drives worked like a charm. Thank you for that, Scott (and Nico)! I've since been able to successfully load Ventoy onto my 32Gb USB along with the WIN 10 & 11 ISO files and Hiren's boot CD. Now I will attempt to get my newly built PC to boot in WIN 10 with my new Ventoy USB. I don't know what was going on with all 3 flash drives, but they're fixed now with Nico's help. Thanks again, Scott!!
That is AWESOME! Nico is not only a great tech, but a dear personal friend - I'm so glad his video was able to help you out! Tagging him now @nicoknowstech
Great content, another great video is to make these ISO's persistent. I have linux persistent on ventoy but never got around to windows. May be a good idea and when i say persistent i mean to use the drive as a full operating system with software/programms installed rather than carrying a laptop around 👍USB 4 is fast now so no need for internal storage 😉
Love Ventoy. Very useful for folks who want to test-drive different Linux distributions. Plus, all the spare room on the USB drive can be used for persistent storage. On mine I have Eset-sysrescue, Rescuezilla( mainly for cloning drives), ParrotOS-Security plus a bunch of Windows and Linux ISOs.
The only potential setback with a mult-booting ISO USB stick that contains Windows and Linux installers may be constraints with secure boot, UEFI and legacy-based firmware BIOSes. Some systems may not recognize the USB drive if it's formatted to a system-specific setup. Of course most modern hardware is UEFI but the question is if the installed ISOs will work in both environments. DELL, HP, Lenovo, etc. all seem to be on the same page in respects to pre-boot security constraints. The old days of just tapping a function key, esc or delete to get a USB to boot may be coming to an end, unfortunately...
v1.0.97 Isn't the latest but As of the time I'm writing this, it works and its just a bit behind the latest version. just a tip for anyone else crosschecking this video here trying to format their USB Drives as a Ventoy drive as well. I used it myself when I saw how many downloads it had in comparison to v1.0.98. Great Video! 👍
Yes, year 52 in PC's for me, HIREN's was also a tool in my pack, when I last repaired/used windows, but I have been using Ventoy last 12 months or so to manage multiple Raspberry PI's & Clones like Nano Pi - Orange Pi etc, all use ARM Ubuntu, but different Versions depending on CPU it was compiled for, so Ventoy is real handy keeping all the ARM ISO's in 1 spot .. ;)
If you are using a usb mouse/keyboard connected through a usb hub, you will need to connect them directly to the PC to be able to get to the bios options and allow a selection during booting from the ventoy usb
Ventoy really is a game changer, we really went from carrying a huge cd case to an all in one solution on a tiny USB drive, I even have a custom menu for mine it really is such a great tool.
As a new PC owner (left my 10yo iMac) I’m bamboozled but what I need to do/what I can do/what I shouldn’t do. This is a great video. Now granted I haven’t looked yet at your channel but have you a noobs guide to good PC etiquette, basic do’s and don’t’s. My SSD iMac has stayed pretty quick apart from ram issues and wouldn’t love some tips about organising files etc to help.
Luv the video very informative, now I'm stuck , I downloaded tronscript on this device & medicat on another LOL any ideas?, But nether is installed both are recent. need direction
Thank you for your knowledge, as a young person who wants to be a Tech by my ownself i want to be prepared for any possible troubles, i want to make My own toolkit, and im happy that i found you, sharing your knowledge and experience.
When I created my ventoy disk, and then went to Clone it using aomei software, I ran into issues. It would not let me clone due to system type. What I ended up doing was wiping both my usb jump drives, anad making them both mbr or gpt, and then made sure to change the file system to NTFS. Once I did that I was able to clone. Also prior to cloning I was able to install/add Medicat to the ventoy jump drive....Thanks Scott for showing your video, now I have one drive with all my utilities in one place! :)
Brilliant video....got a question This mite be a silly one as I'm not good with computers . I've just backed up everything. Now can I delete the hbce iso file and ventoy zip file on laptop ?
So, this Ventoy is a menu driven for all iso's. Nice. After making a win10 rescue flash drive, as you did in your other video, now I want Ventoy instead. I'll have to format and install all over again. Thanks for this new insight. SUBSCRIBED.
Acronis is a LOT more advanced, includes cloning, partition management, etc. Fbackup is for "simple people" who just want to say "back up these files to this place on this day and time". That's the real difference. And it's free :)
I love Ventoy but it does come with some drawbacks. Some computers will not boot Ventoy. I've found that no matter what brand of USB that I put it on, it will not boot for whatever reason. This has only happened to me once or twice though. Second issue is that you need to disable secure boot if it is enabled. If it is enabled, it will detect that Ventoy is not signed and it won't boot into it period.
Hey Scott, wow that is really impressive, Thanks for giving me the link to this video. I definitely go the Ventoy route. Really enjoyed how you explained it step-by-step. I'm sure this USB Drive is a lifesaver!!! Again massive thank you. Ah, side note or suggestion... Think of adding a "Join" I know I'd definitely support your channel.
I appreciate your support and I thank you! Considering opening a members-only section on my channel, just haven't gotten around to it yet with the incredible (and surprising) growth in 2023. Stay tuned, I'm sure it's coming soon :)
outdated does not mean obsolete or not workable, I still work on old PC's some people around these parts will dig out their old PC or their Grandad's and want to us it, and of course that means a flash drive such as the 64GB you used here, will not work, so I never get rid of my old tools, "outdated" or not, I was building PC's when many fans here who talk about "outdated" were not born and neither were their PC's. I do think they could all learn a lot by working on older machines the way we did back in the day, the experience of doing it once, twice and two more times is so valuable, as I am sure many of you already know. I find that when someone teaches me something new that is indeed new, I can also teach them some new to them but old to the world, and they do realise how good it is to know. the old tech is still out there and people will still want to use it, technicians should know how to fix it, and no I am not talking about PC techs learning Atari ST or Commodore Amiga, although with home made modern mods even they are are not dead yet.
Probably not one of the use cases youve heard of but i installed ventoy on an sd card so i can partition the ssd on my steam deck and install windows on it but afterwards i realized that it formatted my sd card in a way that allows it to be used as a storage drive in both steamos and windows meaning i can transfer files from linux to windows seamlessly which is really cool so i just kept ventoy installed on my sd card ever since and its been awesome
I also use Hiren boot cd/usb But I'm used to it. Just like I did with Norton Ghost ages ago till it became un usable But it's hard to find a hood free bit by bit cloner and not just one who copy files as files.
Thanks for the reminder. I had used Ventoy years ago but when I last year when I need to run some boot utilities I put each one on old microSD cards. :D You're correct. I should by a new USB drive that will be much faster than my old ones and place everything on there.
Good stuff . . . Question: It SEEMs like you can do this in a few minutes.... How much time does it take to build a Ventoy drive. All afternoon?? 1 hour?? 2 hours??
hello, great video thanks for the neat tips and repair tips. Just a request, can you please make a detailed video on maybe hirens boot cd and/or medicap, how it works and how you can do certain stuff around with it incase anything goes wrong with the pc......thanks again
I've used another tool that appears to function like what you show with Ventoy tool. The tool I've used is YUMI (Your Universal Multiboot Installer). It is a USB Boot tool that can be used to make a Multisystem Bootable USB drive. How does Ventoy compare to YUMI and other bootable ISO loader software like Rufus?
Hello, Great Video Thanks for making it. I do have a question, when you were showing copy or past file you had a copy program on screen which I did not see before, what is it called? Please Thanks
Hi. First, your videos on setting up a new computer were a great help to me. Thanks a bunch! I'm slowly getting less intimidated by the software side of PCs after many months of watching/learning about the hdwre. side of PC building. But I have a couple of questions; about an old video, and the links you provided. 1) This video will replace your '2024 mega update' video, using Hiren, correct? If so, I assume the 'mega' one is no longer relevant, hence I can remove it to avoid the potential of confusion later. Yes? No? 2) Re: the the link you pinned in this video. In chapter 2 of the linked video you show which personal files to highlight in order to calc. the size of thumb drive needed to back up one's data. I noticed you didn't highlight saved games. I have game files on my computer from downloading games from Steam/Epic. In my case, should I be highlighting saved games? 3) I noticed that the links provided are 2 & 3 years old. I.e., the video in question 2 above, as well as the link for the 'how to' part at the end of said video. Now, age certainly doesn't automatically disqualify any current relevance. Yet, being a relative noob, I want to be sure I'm using info/instr. that are up to date. Are the above referenced videos the latest info available for Win 11? Finally, thank you very much for all your invaluable help, and the time you invest in posting it. You've earned another sub.
Thanks for the support! Let me try to answer these as best I can... 1) no, the Ventoy video is an alternative to my original "2 USB" video from a year or so ago. The process changed, so I had to update the video for the viewers. The Ventoy video is just as valid now as it was before. 2) yes, if you have saved games, I would include that in the list of files to backup. Most people don't have saved gameplay, which is probably why it slipped my mind. 3) the links in the Ventoy video are (should) still be good. The links in the "mega update" video for Hirens and Windows installer are the correct ones. Both will work on Windows 10 and Windows 11 :) And thank you again! I appreciate it :)
Looks good i'll give it a try. I'm glad you mentioned the Hiren's virus problem. Firefox warned me and that's the reason I never tested it. I'll give that another try also.
I got a ton of comments on the 2 flash drive video about it so I figured if throw it out there to save my viewers time and headache and having to reach out 👍
I've been using a Zalman ZM-VE350 for years. Toss a harddrive in it, put ISOs on it, select which ISO you want on the built in screen and it emulates a cdrom.
tried ventoy a couple of years ago, never went back to yumi. I just love the drag and drop option for ISO files. No need to run anything, just drag and drop.
thanks for the compliment. I appreciate it. As far as android and android TV, I honestly don’t know. I don’t really do much with phones and phone apps. I would absolutely search it on UA-cam, I’m sure someone has covered it.
What is better than that? Can you take an m.2 drive, put it in one of those USB enclosures with super speed type-b or type-c connector, and have a faster backup drive with more storage using a spare m.2 drive that has 256 MB - 2 TB of storage you can fit in your pocket? Then you could back up and clean reinstall a troubled PC with one external drive. Could you install this directly on an internal secondary drive? Then it has your backup and recovery lives in your PC. Does your backup software allow for backups to drives without assigned drive letters? You could leave it installed yet unassigned to prevent applications from accessing or making changes.
Yes to all. That's how I do it. All of my UA-cam content is created and saved on a portable 2TB m.2 drive. With the exception of the drive letter (my editing software has to know where to write the files). But yes and yes 👍
Thanks for a thorough workshop. Need to understand; 128gb flash drive recommended exfat or NTFS? And my speeds usb3 drive is 12 MB write and 130 MB read. Both same with n without write caching enabled. Is it fine? Thanks 😊
For passwords, I recommend 4WinKey. It can also clear Microsoft passwords. For partitions, I recommend Aomei partition assistant. For bootable antivirus, Avast is quite good. I have videos on each of them.
I saw your channel today three hours ago and have been watching and giving likes, and I did subscribe and click the notification bell as well. I decided to comment on this particular video because my Lenovo laptop gets very hot every time I have taken it to repair, and it still stays the same until the last three days I open the local disk. After that, the laptop doesn't boot. What should I do? I really appreciate your videos.
@@AskYourComputerGuy very true the system run very hot and the next thing it does is to strip off and this what I mean that the system doesn't boot after I opened the internal disk because it started showing this Intel UNDI , PXE - 2.1 ( build 883 ) Copyright ( C ) 1997-2888 Intel Corporation This Product is covered by one or more of the following patents US6,327,625 USS , 387,459 , USS , 434,872 , USS , 732,894 , US6,578,884 , US6 , 115 , 776 Fr Realtek PCIe TE Family Controller Series v1.19 ( 88/18/89 ) PXE - ES1 : Nedia test failure , check cable PXZ - HOT : Exiting PXE RON . No bootable device @ 2 F2 # 3 F3 W E XIX $ X000XXXXXXX 4 % 5 insert boot disk and press any key 6 lenovo Fo
Handy video, now i don't need multiple drives for windows install. but I noticed, you have a different utility for when you're copying data, is there a reason for that? whats the name of it, and why is it better than the default windows one?
Sharp eye! It's called Supercopier. I've used it for years. I prefer it over Windows utility because it gives me sorting options and many other copying utilities. If I want to move data quickly, I can sort files by size so it will move the biggest files first, etc. It's just a great free program
Thanks for another great video tutorial. How can I create a ventoy USB stick to handle UEFI computer with secure boot ON or OFF? I want to build a USB flash drive that will handle PCs with UEFI bios with SECURE BOOT ON or OFF including legacy MBR. Is there a way to rename the ventoy menu boot options? Thanks.
Thank you, I appreciate that! The program is called Supercopier (beta 2.2 is the version I have used for years). It's free and makes file copying or moving almost enjoyable 💪
It's called Supercopier. I always use version 2.2 beta. I don't care for any of the newer releases. It gives me different sorting options when copying (for example, I can sort the copy order by file size if I want to move bigger files faster). Also gives you easy overwrite and rename options. It's just a great program I've used for years
How large of a flash drive do you need for Ventoy and personal files? Find out here: ua-cam.com/video/HtCBrdW6tFA/v-deo.html
is there an bootable iso to be able to troubleshoot or access files on a mac os disk?
not that I’m aware of unfortunately
@@AskYourComputerGuy thanks, update us if u find out.
Absolutely!
Good luck. asshole.
It's hard to teach an old dog new tricks, but VENTOY did it to me. After all, this is some kind of holiday
This really helps a lot. One USB drive is enough.. now I can use my other USB drives. Thanks for sharing this
Absolutely! Glad you enjoyed it and found it useful :)
To Paul, That's right: One is good. Load the operating systems and stuff straight to the stick drive.
Ventoy is great, I've been using this for 2-3 years now and it never lets down. Nice to have covered this with your video!
Great to hear! Thanks for the comment and the support! :)
I learned about Ventoy about two years ago, as I was trying out every multiboot flash drive program around. The problem was some ISO's would work and others not. So far I have found them all to work and work well with Ventoy. I have several Ventoy disks that I create so that if one gets corrupted when you least expect it I have another. I also have a 2TB Seagate Personal drive and have over 80 different ISO's on it. Like you I have also created a folder to put other software and files that I might need. I have started using a larger group of portable applications which do not have to be installed into the system like the normal installs, for working with a computer customer. Thank you for sharing this video.
Side note, when you go to install a linux distro like Ubuntu, you need to remove the USB drive before you do the install. It will otherwise become part of the boot process of the installed distro. That corrupts the Ventoy drive and you have to do a remake when you get home.
Good to know! 👍
Thank you. a coworker introduced me to ventoy and this was a really easy to follow guide on how to setup the bootdevice.
Glad you enjoyed it 👍
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You should consider adding information about how Ventoy's "security key" may need to be enrolled before before the newly created Ventoy USB can be used to boot to the various ISO options on the USB. I have created some Ventoy USB over the past few years and never encountered the problem I had when creating a new USB to use with my new Windows 11 computer, using your easy to follow guide. Because secure boot was in effect I needed to enroll the key (I did it through the key method, not the hash method) and once I did that the Ventoy USB worked fine. Yes, I know I could have turned secure boot off and used Ventory and then turn secure boot back on, but hey when your are troubleshooting a problem that step could be forgotten.
Hi ripper,
I think I have that problem with your describing. I have a new Lenovo Windows 11 computer and I can't get ventoy to boot on my thumb drive. I got an error message. Can you describe what you mean when you say you enrolled a key on ventoy? I have no idea what that means. thanks
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Also turning secure boot of and on again could be a problem if Bitlocker is installed and the user didn't save the key before.
NOTICE: I Formatted my USB drive. I was under the presumption this would remove everything associated with "Ventoy." However, "Formatting"" the USB drive did NOT remove Ventoy. When Ventoy is placed on the USB drive, Ventoy creates its own partition. This partition is NOT "Formatted" when the USB drive is "Formatted." Apparentlly the only way to get rid of Ventoy from a USB drive is to "Merge" all the partitions, and then do a "Format" of the USB drive. I was going to use MemTest86 on its own - without Ventoy. So, MemTest86 was placed on the one partition that was new and had been formatted. But, when I used MemTest86 it showed up under "Ventoy," even though MemTest was on the other partition.
You have to go into Disk Management and delete the volumes. Then create a new Simple Volume with the unallocated space.
Formatting is not partitioning! No basic knowledge of data storage devices, unfortunately failed.
I know it's a little late, but ventoy has implemented in their application the possibility to fully format the USB drives that contain it.
for the past 6 months I've been pointing folks at your two usb video when they have windows problems now I'm excited to get started with this new solution. A massive thankyou for the work you have put in making the video's.
I appreciate that! FYI there is an updated version with updated links and more information:
[2024 MEGA update!] 2 USB boot drives EVERY Windows user should make before it's too late!
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Thank you for the useful info. I used to be a Geek Squad member back in the day.. Early to late 2000s then left for law enforcement.. Just one thing so you guys don't learn the hard way like I did. I did all that nice setup then I decided to "add" Medicat. It wiped everything and there was no warning of format like all the formatting softwares I've used. I had a bunch of ISOs and drivers. It seems like if you want to go with Medicat do that first, then if your flash drive is large like mine (256GB), just add the extra stuff on it after.
Good tip, thank you! 💪
Brilliant! I’ve got a big smile on my face 😁.
I just ordered and received a shiny new flash drive. In order to make the rescue disc/s but hadn’t got round to doing it by following your previous hyrens video.
Even though I know nothing, I was asking myself why you needed two drives.
As if by magic this came up. Very much appreciate your clear instructions. And even more your candour about how you decided to investigate, and then recommend, Ventoy. Thank you 🙏
That's what I do here. I'm always learning, just like you. I just filter my knowledge down to the masses ;)
In my 15 years of IT job - I have never seen anyone like you who can run everything you should in this video as if "it's SO SIMPLE". You just gave me GOD MODE haha. God bless :)
Best comment of the week! 💪❤️🍺
Ir is possible like MBR and GPT in one ventoy flash drive
@SK11335 no. You can only have one file system per drive.
I'm impressed .... a "How to" video that is easy to follow and made so it's not flying thru screens so I can't see what was selected. I'll be watching more of your videos for sure. I had never heard of Ventoy and I read a LOT.
Thanks, much appreciated 👍
I use Ventoy for the past 2 years and what I store on my ventoy drive is 1. WinPE 11-10-8 Sergei Strelec iso 2. Snappy driver installer 3. latest Windows 10/11 iso's. Those Iso's allow me to freshly install/repair most common computer systems/Problems and doesn't require hugh USB drive 128GB is prefect in the near future
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I'm using a ventoy 500gb external ssd for over a year and it's a really great tool, the only minor problem is it's not considered safe bootable on some lenovo laptops even with safe key implemented. Still starts working after some setups in extended mode bios.
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These are all methods for which computer technicians are usually stuck. Nowadays everything is much more simplified. All you need is a copy, even the free version, of Aomei Backupper, which creates a grub menu from which you can choose whether to enter your OS or Aomei's recovery system. Aomei also creates incremental backups for you to access at boot time, at any time.
Agreed. Backupper is a quality product.
Acronis was my go to for mnay years. Macrium went to a pricing model but you can still find the free versions out there online and they work great
I used to use Acronis, but it didn't work well for copying one drive to another (when both drives were in an external caddy)...it kept using the boot info from the internal drive, and if that was different than the external, oh well. I guess this was supposed to be a limitation on the home version to prevent you from using it in a tech environment.
I tried Macrium (free) and liked it, especially it's emergency boot USB creation. So I purchased a 4-license family pack on a sale they had. Shortly after they jacked up the price to a subscription model (per machine) that was expensive. I might use more than 4 licenses, so I was looking elsehwere.
Since then I've considered Hasleo Backup Suite. It is free and even supports incremental and differential backups (which FBackup does not do in the free version). I'm going to be experimenting with it in the future.
@@AskYourComputerGuy You have to get the older versions of Macrium from before they went pricing-only. The last free version was v7.3.6391. I have only done Windows stuff, but Macrium has worked every time even with modern hardware (newer PC + SSD).
Clonezilla has been useful
I am also in the IT Field, I am heading towards retirement so I am old school. I find your channel refreshingly easy to follow. Going to Use an External USB3 SSD instead of a USB Flash. Looking at Medicat as well. Thanks for the pointers.
Good deal! And congratulations on your upcoming "parole" 😂
Medicat FTW! Saved my ass many times 😂
I have been carrying 3 to 5 USBs in my pocket for the last decade... Now down to one! You got a new subscriber!
Awesome!!!!
the thing about ventoy, that i like the most is the fact that you can still use a ventoy stick as a normal usb drive ontop. Therefore, i have like 6 or 7 flash drives around the house and all of them are ventoy sticks just in case. so i dont even need to find the one bootable stick, i can boot from any flash drive
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I have been using Ventoy for several years now and have it on a 1TB USB SanDisk, and also on a USB 2TB Seagate personal drive and have copied approximately 65 ISO's to it and it works great. So it does not have to be limited to a small USB Flash Drive. My next project is to learn the Network Ventoy.
Thanks I was wondering about this option on a 1TB WD. cheers
Easy2boot does more than Ventoy and Easy2boot can have both Ventoy and agFM installed additionally on the same flash drive should you want to use any of the three options.
Noted. I'll check them out!
Also use Easy2boot since it first came out, surprised so many people have never heard of it.
I was about to write that
Years ago I used SARDU. Not sure if it's still around.
Yep! www.sarducd.it/sardu-multiboot-creator
Hi Scott, Hope all is good.
I followed your instructions to a T.
I have made my Veytoy USB drive (128 GB)
Thought I'd share what I have on the drive
- Windows 10
- Windows 11
- Hiren’s BootCD PE
- LinixMint (If needed)
- FBackUp
- VM Ware (Non-Commercial)
The reason why I put VM Ware, is That I have some friends and family who may want to try for example Linux now they can.
To be honest, I've tried Linux maybe just me but I can't get into it. Not hate to Linux users.
Yes, I took your advice about adding software.
Thanks again
I have a 64gb flashdrive with ventoy containing windows 10, 11, and various linux distros. Very useful.
I've been using ventoy for quite sometime and it is really helpful.. forget about other apps like rufus etc.. its really a game changer..
It impressed me and made me switch my methodology. Enough said! 💪
I guess I don't get it. Why is Ventoy better than backing up to an external drive? Also, I've always wondered why backing up isn't a one or two click thing. They have created high level AI but somehow these smart people can't (won't?) design a back up process without 197 steps?
Ventoy is better, in my opinion, because you not only have the ability to back up to a flash drive (or external storage in your case), but you have the added benefit of tons of repair tools and operating system installers on the same disk. Just makes sense to wear one took belt vs several. But everyone has different needs ;)
What is the best combination for the flash drive when you create Vin toy? Mbr or gpt, and what file system, expat or ntfs? combination I messed up my jump drives now having problems creating but I gotta wipe them start over again so that’s why I’m asking.
For best compatibility in my opinion, probably MBR and EX-FAT. For speed, MBR and NTFS. Stay away from GPT as it's a newer fornat and not all machines have the ability to read GPT drives yet. Stick with MBR and EX-FAT and you should be fine 💪
I used to carry around a wallet just for USB drives. Ever since I found out about Ventoy, I only ever need just one flash drive now. It's been awesome not having to worry about labeling all my drives or misplacing the particular one I need.
Pretty awesome, isn't it? I love it!
TLDR: Install Ventoy as a live disk on a USB, Grab the ISO's of the OS's/Tools you want, Copy Paste ISO's onto USB, Boot as a live disk. Jobs done.
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I'm a life long friend from the first 19 seconds of your video. I remember Norton Utils and 40 meg hard drives. My 1st IBM PC1 MB had a 10meg full height Bay Seagate Hard Drive... and I liked it back then, I had a Hercules Graphic card so I could see dithered color in green dots. It was wonderful.
Those were the days, huh? 😂
ventoy is absolutely fabulous. some isos do -not- work, but generally most do.
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Thank you for this excellent video. I don't always follow directions and take shortcuts to save time. After reviewing the process, I fixed my mistakes and now everything works well. I am glad I found your channel!
So glad to hear that! Glad you figured it out ;)
Very nice presentation. I like that you always eager to learn new things.
Question: Lets say I have 1 TB USB flash driver. Does this setup allow in convenient way to backup Linux and Windows files from unbootable system? I didn't see there steps to create extra data partitions of types like NTFS, exFAT, EXT3/4. NTFS when need to preserve file attributes. Ubuntu older than v22 dont support exFAT. So all 4 types may be needed to copy files from any system.
There is also the optical drive emulator device called "IODD". Same ISO drag and drop. IODD will boot on any hardware as the pc/server will see it as a USB optical disk. Boots on everything even old 2000 era hardware that is non-UEFI.
Nice! Will check into it! 👍💪
Iodd 2541 and st400 are two devices personally used. Recommend either. They can do images, ISO’s, VHD, and virtual removable hard drives. Works with all devices I have tried on that can do disc boot also.
Back in the day, I used Hiren's by loading on a writable mini-CD [you could get versions that were credit-card sized that could pop straight into your wallet for an 'everyday carry"]. There were also mini-distros of Linux, and of course, it was lots of command-line interfacing. So familiarity with bash and DOS shell was important.
The thing about read-only installation/repair media is that you can be absolutely sure that the change-rooted environment you boot up in is clean of malware [provided of course your media was clean to begin with!; -)]
I suppose in theory you could come across viral code in the CMOS memory, but I never encountered it.
Very true. And I, too, remember the mini-cd. You'd see a lot of them passed around as "business cards". Glad that trend didn't last LOL
One thing to be wary of is updating the Ventoy software on the USB stick using the update option in the program's menu. When I did that it wiped all the ISO files from my USB stick and made it so that none of the partitions were recognized by Windows. I had to do a DiskPart format to get the drive back to factory standards and functional again. I think in some cases the Ventoy software has to be updated using that live ISO file that's also available for download on the Ventoy website, although when I last looked into it there wasn't much documentation on it. Since then I just run an older version of Ventoy as am too scared to update it given that I've got about 60Gb of ISO files now on my Ventoy stick and it's slow as molasses writing that much data to even USB 3.0.
Thanks for sharing. I have not heard of Ventoy deleting anything on the update except the boot partition, which is not where the ISO files should be stored. Maybe that's what happened, you put the ISO files on the boot partition? Is that possible?
@@AskYourComputerGuy That's what's meant to happen. No I didn't put the ISOs on the boot partition because for me at least that's hidden in Windows.
Well that's news to me. Can't see any other way it would, considering the people who created Ventoy say it doesn't delete anything, just updates. I'd check the Ventoy forums for more information
@@FlyboyHelosim I think it only formats if you change the partition type. try to remember if you used mbr or gpt as partition type in ventoy before doing an update! I regularly update my ventoy drive and I haven't come across any issues regarding my iso's getting deleted.
Maybe try to see what went wrong on a test drive?
@@Daonexus I would have kept the partition type the same, MBR, as I use a 64Gb USB stick. I only really did the update out of curiosity. It's not something I really feel the need to keep updated and I don't even use it that often.
thank you. I did just as you said. feel safe now. I spent $2.444 on this gamer pc and i do not want it to crash. subed you :)
I appreciate you distributing this knowledge and the way you explain everything so that even a beginner could understand.
I would always recommend showing, even very quickly, what something does, then going over installation.
Thanks, much appreciated 👍
One thing you might have mentioned was the Partition Configuration option, which makes it possible to reserve some space for a separate partition on the flash drive when you flash it with Ventoy. This is great when you use live CD's as you can access the internet and download stuff, save it on the separate partition in case you haven't prepared for something going wrong like having Hirens or whatever.
EDIT: As far as I know, since I haven't used Ventoy since version 1.0.78, it's not possible to access the ISO storage part when you boot into a live CD environment - might've changed.
I did address this at 11:06, but the reason I chose the folder option vs the separate partition option is because I had difficulty making it work and boot properly. If I had an issue with it, I knew an average user would also. So creating a folder just for personal files (which can also be mapped as a drive letter in Windows, simulating a separate partition), would be a much more user-friendly option ;)
The only issue I had with Ventoy was with ISO's that were either UEFI or legacy boot. Mixing the two didn't work so I had to have two Ventoy drives one that was for legacy booting ISOa and one for UEFI booting ISOs. It may not be an issue any longer so I'll give it another try.
That's an interesting dilemma. Haven't even thought of that. Let me know what you find out. I'm sure someone on the Ventoy forums has addressed this. I'd start there :)
@@AskYourComputerGuy I think it may be more of an issue with the BIOS config and the ISOs in Ventoy. Selecting either UEFI or Legacy boot in the BIOS can cause a failure in the opposite one booting depending on which one the ROM uses.
Understood
I haven't personally had any issues with that. Although the only legacy BIOS app that I have run recently is memtest
Agreed... had the same problem when I first used Ventoy (with Medicat) a couple weeks ago trying to clone/upgrade a laptop SSD... some of the iso's wouldn't boot until I changed the BIOS to legacy... then others wouldn't work until I changed it back to UEFI. At some point Windows gave errors and I had a mini-heart atack as it looked like something partition related got screwed up. My suggestion is to make notes about each step you try, so you can go back and undo it logically.
Thanks!
Thank YOU for the support! 💪
Update: Scott directed me to "Nico Knows Tech" for help with my disappearing USB problem noted below (8/26/24). Nico's process for recovering my flash drives worked like a charm. Thank you for that, Scott (and Nico)! I've since been able to successfully load Ventoy onto my 32Gb USB along with the WIN 10 & 11 ISO files and Hiren's boot CD. Now I will attempt to get my newly built PC to boot in WIN 10 with my new Ventoy USB. I don't know what was going on with all 3 flash drives, but they're fixed now with Nico's help. Thanks again, Scott!!
That is AWESOME! Nico is not only a great tech, but a dear personal friend - I'm so glad his video was able to help you out! Tagging him now @nicoknowstech
Great content, another great video is to make these ISO's persistent. I have linux persistent on ventoy but never got around to windows. May be a good idea and when i say persistent i mean to use the drive as a full operating system with software/programms installed rather than carrying a laptop around 👍USB 4 is fast now so no need for internal storage 😉
Scheduled for a follow-up video ;)
Love Ventoy. Very useful for folks who want to test-drive different Linux distributions. Plus, all the spare room on the USB drive can be used for persistent storage. On mine I have Eset-sysrescue, Rescuezilla( mainly for cloning drives), ParrotOS-Security plus a bunch of Windows and Linux ISOs.
Nice mix of ISOs! :)
@@AskYourComputerGuy In my experience, Parrot OS can "see" the Windows hard drive better than Mint can.
The only potential setback with a mult-booting ISO USB stick that contains Windows and Linux installers may be constraints with secure boot, UEFI and legacy-based firmware BIOSes. Some systems may not recognize the USB drive if it's formatted to a system-specific setup. Of course most modern hardware is UEFI but the question is if the installed ISOs will work in both environments. DELL, HP, Lenovo, etc. all seem to be on the same page in respects to pre-boot security constraints. The old days of just tapping a function key, esc or delete to get a USB to boot may be coming to an end, unfortunately...
Unfortunately, that's true. I sure miss the good old days 🥲
@@AskYourComputerGuy Windows XP days were the best!
Couldn't agree more! Seems every other Windows OS is horrible, followed by a great one
U E F I ?.............what on earth is that? A newer type of vinyl LP for HiFi? ;-)
@englishrupe01 😂😂😂
Ive been using ventoy for a while and ive been enjoying it
It's pretty amazing!
Been using Ventoy for few years after going through other similar utilities. My #1 utility to go to.
Agreed!
v1.0.97 Isn't the latest but As of the time I'm writing this, it works and its just a bit behind the latest version. just a tip for anyone else crosschecking this video here trying to format their USB Drives as a Ventoy drive as well. I used it myself when I saw how many downloads it had in comparison to v1.0.98.
Great Video! 👍
Thanks!
Absolutely Amazing !! One of the best Vids I have ever seen on t'tube ! What a (PC) Guy !!
Thank you! 🍺
Thank you for this video! Any reason I couldn’t use my external hard drive for this purpose?
You absolutely can, as long as you understand it will be wiped in the process of creating the Ventoy disk
Thanks!
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Thank you so much!
In IT since the early dos days this is great tool and video as well. Thanks for the info.
Thanks, much appreciated! 👍
such an informative video, Please can you explain how to backup all device drivers in windows? Thanks
Best program I've seen so far is DriverMax. It does have a cost, but it's one time and it works beautifully for me for years on my client machines
Thanks a bunch@@AskYourComputerGuy
Yes, year 52 in PC's for me, HIREN's was also a tool in my pack, when I last repaired/used windows, but I have been using Ventoy last 12 months or so to manage multiple Raspberry PI's & Clones like Nano Pi - Orange Pi etc, all use ARM Ubuntu, but different Versions depending on CPU it was compiled for, so Ventoy is real handy keeping all the ARM ISO's in 1 spot .. ;)
Nice!!!
If you are using a usb mouse/keyboard connected through a usb hub, you will need to connect them directly to the PC to be able to get to the bios options and allow a selection during booting from the ventoy usb
I done the two Jump process from your video and totally repaired a Toshiba laptop! Thank you very much and now im doing this setup too!!
Glad it helped
@AskYourComputerGuy it totally helped me!
Ventoy really is a game changer, we really went from carrying a huge cd case to an all in one solution on a tiny USB drive, I even have a custom menu for mine it really is such a great tool.
Agreed!
As a new PC owner (left my 10yo iMac) I’m bamboozled but what I need to do/what I can do/what I shouldn’t do.
This is a great video.
Now granted I haven’t looked yet at your channel but have you a noobs guide to good PC etiquette, basic do’s and don’t’s.
My SSD iMac has stayed pretty quick apart from ram issues and wouldn’t love some tips about organising files etc to help.
I've got a few on my channel...here's A good start:
9 Windows settings EVERY user should change NOW!
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You are my No.1 Go-To computer man when I need to know the best way to do, or to know about, for just about anything really. Thank you very much:)
Wow, thanks!
Luv the video very informative, now I'm stuck , I downloaded tronscript on this device & medicat on another LOL any ideas?, But nether is installed both are recent. need direction
Start with TronScript. Medicat is more of a utility disk, whereas TronScript is more of a "repair" disc
GREAT!, just for understanding what is a utility disk and what is it used for!@@AskYourComputerGuy
Thank you for your knowledge, as a young person who wants to be a Tech by my ownself i want to be prepared for any possible troubles, i want to make My own toolkit, and im happy that i found you, sharing your knowledge and experience.
You can do it! Glad to help!
Greetings from HU !!
Thank you so much for the support! 👍
When I created my ventoy disk, and then went to Clone it using aomei software, I ran into issues. It would not let me clone due to system type. What I ended up doing was wiping both my usb jump drives, anad making them both mbr or gpt, and then made sure to change the file system to NTFS. Once I did that I was able to clone. Also prior to cloning I was able to install/add Medicat to the ventoy jump drive....Thanks Scott for showing your video, now I have one drive with all my utilities in one place! :)
Sorry you went through all that headache but I'm glad you figured it out! You're very welcome, my friend!
Brilliant video....got a question This mite be a silly one as I'm not good with computers . I've just backed up everything. Now can I delete the hbce iso file and ventoy zip file on laptop ?
Yes 👍
Literally one of the best videos explaining everything I could possibly need right now 🎉
Thank you so much for the support 👍
So, this Ventoy is a menu driven for all iso's. Nice.
After making a win10 rescue flash drive, as you did in your other video, now I want Ventoy instead.
I'll have to format and install all over again.
Thanks for this new insight.
SUBSCRIBED.
I'm always learning! It was actually a viewer who told me about it AFTER I released the "2 usb drives" video. So glad they did! Thx for the support 👍
Is Fbackup similar to acronis? If so I am very interested. I remember hiren boot disk I don't know anything about medicat
Acronis is a LOT more advanced, includes cloning, partition management, etc. Fbackup is for "simple people" who just want to say "back up these files to this place on this day and time". That's the real difference. And it's free :)
@@AskYourComputerGuy thanks boss subscribed
Thank you! I appreciate you :)
I love Ventoy but it does come with some drawbacks. Some computers will not boot Ventoy. I've found that no matter what brand of USB that I put it on, it will not boot for whatever reason. This has only happened to me once or twice though. Second issue is that you need to disable secure boot if it is enabled. If it is enabled, it will detect that Ventoy is not signed and it won't boot into it period.
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Yes signal for about 8 hours now have lost out on alot of clients.
Oxford area.
Hey Scott, wow that is really impressive, Thanks for giving me the link to this video. I definitely go the Ventoy route.
Really enjoyed how you explained it step-by-step.
I'm sure this USB Drive is a lifesaver!!!
Again massive thank you.
Ah, side note or suggestion... Think of adding a "Join" I know I'd definitely support your channel.
I appreciate your support and I thank you! Considering opening a members-only section on my channel, just haven't gotten around to it yet with the incredible (and surprising) growth in 2023. Stay tuned, I'm sure it's coming soon :)
Sure will. Thank you again. I appreciate you too.
outdated does not mean obsolete or not workable, I still work on old PC's
some people around these parts will dig out their old PC or their Grandad's and want to us it, and of course that means a flash drive such as the 64GB you used here, will not work, so I never get rid of my old tools, "outdated" or not,
I was building PC's when many fans here who talk about "outdated" were not born and neither were their PC's.
I do think they could all learn a lot by working on older machines the way we did back in the day, the experience of doing it once, twice and two more times is so valuable, as I am sure many of you already know.
I find that when someone teaches me something new that is indeed new, I can also teach them some new to them but old to the world, and they do realise how good it is to know.
the old tech is still out there and people will still want to use it, technicians should know how to fix it, and no I am not talking about PC techs learning Atari ST or Commodore Amiga, although with home made modern mods even they are are not dead yet.
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Just bought 2x 64 bg drives to make your 2 stick version.....Thanks for the info I have 1 safe back up stick and a spare stick for whatever i need 👍
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This is really great. No configuration necessary like the old multiboot tools.
Exactly
I do also use Ventoy too. It works in most cases. Thanks for your channel
I appreciate that 👍
Probably not one of the use cases youve heard of but i installed ventoy on an sd card so i can partition the ssd on my steam deck and install windows on it but afterwards i realized that it formatted my sd card in a way that allows it to be used as a storage drive in both steamos and windows meaning i can transfer files from linux to windows seamlessly which is really cool so i just kept ventoy installed on my sd card ever since and its been awesome
I also use Hiren boot cd/usb
But I'm used to it.
Just like I did with Norton Ghost ages ago till it became un usable
But it's hard to find a hood free bit by bit cloner and not just one who copy files as files.
I love your channel and I’m learning so much. You are amazing! Thank you.
Awesome! Thank you!
thanks for the info! Could you use an exterior hard drive rather than a flash drive, enabling a much larger backkup process?
Yes, absolutely
Thanks for the reminder. I had used Ventoy years ago but when I last year when I need to run some boot utilities I put each one on old microSD cards. :D You're correct. I should by a new USB drive that will be much faster than my old ones and place everything on there.
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Good stuff . . . Question: It SEEMs like you can do this in a few minutes.... How much time does it take to build a Ventoy drive. All afternoon??
1 hour??
2 hours??
Took about 15-20 minutes start to finish
hello, great video thanks for the neat tips and repair tips. Just a request, can you please make a detailed video on maybe hirens boot cd and/or medicap, how it works and how you can do certain stuff around with it incase anything goes wrong with the pc......thanks again
Got both on the drawing board 👍
I've used another tool that appears to function like what you show with Ventoy tool. The tool I've used is YUMI (Your Universal Multiboot Installer). It is a USB Boot tool that can be used to make a Multisystem Bootable USB drive. How does Ventoy compare to YUMI and other bootable ISO loader software like Rufus?
Interesting, never heard of it. Will look into it (maybe a future video!)
Hello, Great Video Thanks for making it.
I do have a question, when you were showing copy or past file you had a copy program on screen which I did not see before, what is it called? Please Thanks
It's called SuperCopier. Version 2.2 beta :)
@@AskYourComputerGuy Hello, Thanks for the fast reply and info. Added you to my sub list.
Excellent, thank you! Welcome to the community :)
Hi. First, your videos on setting up a new computer were a great help to me. Thanks a bunch! I'm slowly getting less intimidated by the software side of PCs after many months of watching/learning about the hdwre. side of PC building. But I have a couple of questions; about an old video, and the links you provided.
1) This video will replace your '2024 mega update' video, using Hiren, correct? If so, I assume the 'mega' one is no longer relevant, hence I can remove it to avoid the potential of confusion later. Yes? No?
2) Re: the the link you pinned in this video. In chapter 2 of the linked video you show which personal files to highlight in order to calc. the size of thumb drive needed to back up one's data. I noticed you didn't highlight saved games. I have game files on my computer from downloading games from Steam/Epic. In my case, should I be highlighting saved games?
3) I noticed that the links provided are 2 & 3 years old. I.e., the video in question 2 above, as well as the link for the 'how to' part at the end of said video. Now, age certainly doesn't automatically disqualify any current relevance. Yet, being a relative noob, I want to be sure I'm using info/instr. that are up to date. Are the above referenced videos the latest info available for Win 11?
Finally, thank you very much for all your invaluable help, and the time you invest in posting it. You've earned another sub.
Thanks for the support! Let me try to answer these as best I can...
1) no, the Ventoy video is an alternative to my original "2 USB" video from a year or so ago. The process changed, so I had to update the video for the viewers. The Ventoy video is just as valid now as it was before.
2) yes, if you have saved games, I would include that in the list of files to backup. Most people don't have saved gameplay, which is probably why it slipped my mind.
3) the links in the Ventoy video are (should) still be good. The links in the "mega update" video for Hirens and Windows installer are the correct ones. Both will work on Windows 10 and Windows 11 :)
And thank you again! I appreciate it :)
Looks good i'll give it a try. I'm glad you mentioned the Hiren's virus problem. Firefox warned me and that's the reason I never tested it. I'll give that another try also.
I got a ton of comments on the 2 flash drive video about it so I figured if throw it out there to save my viewers time and headache and having to reach out 👍
Very helpful! Does this still require a CD key to aurhenticate after re-installing Windows?
If the machine has been previously activated, no.
I've been using a Zalman ZM-VE350 for years. Toss a harddrive in it, put ISOs on it, select which ISO you want on the built in screen and it emulates a cdrom.
tried ventoy a couple of years ago, never went back to yumi. I just love the drag and drop option for ISO files. No need to run anything, just drag and drop.
Yeah it's pretty amazing! Glad my viewers told me about it ;)
Thanks for this excellent video. Question
Can I download and install android and android tv box and run on pc and TV.
I would appreciate your reply
thanks for the compliment. I appreciate it. As far as android and android TV, I honestly don’t know. I don’t really do much with phones and phone apps. I would absolutely search it on UA-cam, I’m sure someone has covered it.
What is better than that? Can you take an m.2 drive, put it in one of those USB enclosures with super speed type-b or type-c connector, and have a faster backup drive with more storage using a spare m.2 drive that has 256 MB - 2 TB of storage you can fit in your pocket? Then you could back up and clean reinstall a troubled PC with one external drive. Could you install this directly on an internal secondary drive? Then it has your backup and recovery lives in your PC. Does your backup software allow for backups to drives without assigned drive letters? You could leave it installed yet unassigned to prevent applications from accessing or making changes.
Yes to all. That's how I do it. All of my UA-cam content is created and saved on a portable 2TB m.2 drive. With the exception of the drive letter (my editing software has to know where to write the files). But yes and yes 👍
Thanks for a thorough workshop. Need to understand; 128gb flash drive recommended exfat or NTFS? And my speeds usb3 drive is 12 MB write and 130 MB read. Both same with n without write caching enabled. Is it fine? Thanks 😊
What do you recommend for bootable Password recovery, parition and bootable antivirus scanner.
For passwords, I recommend 4WinKey. It can also clear Microsoft passwords. For partitions, I recommend Aomei partition assistant. For bootable antivirus, Avast is quite good. I have videos on each of them.
I saw your channel today three hours ago and have been watching and giving likes, and I did subscribe and click the notification bell as well. I decided to comment on this particular video because my Lenovo laptop gets very hot every time I have taken it to repair, and it still stays the same until the last three days I open the local disk. After that, the laptop doesn't boot. What should I do? I really appreciate your videos.
What do you mean "doesn't boot" exactly? Overheating can be a result of gunk built up in the fans. And some models run hotter than others 🤷♂️
@@AskYourComputerGuy very true the system run very hot and the next thing it does is to strip off and this what I mean that the system doesn't boot after I opened the internal disk because it started showing this
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I recommend creating a separate partition for personal files and use another partition for ventoy. It just makes sense and keeps things separated.
Great video. Thanks. Can i ask. What is your windows copier?
It's called Supercopier. I've got a "my favorite tools" video coming soon, and it's on the list 👍
Macrium Reflect is all you need, as long as you make regular image backups.
It also repairs boot sectors.
Handy video, now i don't need multiple drives for windows install. but I noticed, you have a different utility for when you're copying data, is there a reason for that? whats the name of it, and why is it better than the default windows one?
Sharp eye! It's called Supercopier. I've used it for years. I prefer it over Windows utility because it gives me sorting options and many other copying utilities. If I want to move data quickly, I can sort files by size so it will move the biggest files first, etc. It's just a great free program
@JJiG @@AskYourComputerGuy well, i was about to ask that so... thank you :D
@@AskYourComputerGuy thank you!
My pleasure
Thanks for another great video tutorial. How can I create a ventoy USB stick to handle UEFI computer with secure boot ON or OFF? I want to build a USB flash drive that will handle PCs with UEFI bios with SECURE BOOT ON or OFF including legacy MBR. Is there a way to rename the ventoy menu boot options? Thanks.
Perhaps, but not that I know of offhand. Might want to check the FAQ or subReddit - I'm sure someone knows
Love the topic, the content, and your kindness in community towards viewers and comments. Subbed gratefully! Thank you and Merry Christmas! 🌲🎁☃️
Awesome! Thank you!
Hello!
Very good video and very useful information!
Congratulations on that!
Could you tell me which program you use to copy?
Thank you, I appreciate that! The program is called Supercopier (beta 2.2 is the version I have used for years). It's free and makes file copying or moving almost enjoyable 💪
Thank you so much!
I wish you good luck!
@vencislavvankov4897 thank you!
Great app. Thanks. And what app do you use to copy files instead of basic manager and why?
It's called Supercopier. I always use version 2.2 beta. I don't care for any of the newer releases. It gives me different sorting options when copying (for example, I can sort the copy order by file size if I want to move bigger files faster). Also gives you easy overwrite and rename options. It's just a great program I've used for years
Curious... could one not just load each program into a different folder? or is partitioning required..
If I'm not mistaken, Ventoy only sees the ISO files in the root directory. I think I tried that once and failed (my OCD)