The LAST flash drive you will ever need! Ventoy FULL walk-thru and review!
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10 ай бұрынInstead of having multiple flash drives with multiple ISO utility files on each, how about ONE drive with EVERYTHING on it - and as a bonus, I'm going to show you how to also use this one flash drive for your personal file backups as well!
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@AskYourComputerGuy 10 ай бұрын
How large of a flash drive do you need for Ventoy and personal files? Find out here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ftpzddWVvJzYdnU.html
@dominicj 10 ай бұрын
is there an bootable iso to be able to troubleshoot or access files on a mac os disk?
@AskYourComputerGuy 10 ай бұрын
not that I’m aware of unfortunately
@dominicj 10 ай бұрын
@@AskYourComputerGuy thanks, update us if u find out.
@AskYourComputerGuy 10 ай бұрын
Absolutely!
@glitter_fart 10 ай бұрын
Good luck. asshole.
@andredor 5 ай бұрын
It's hard to teach an old dog new tricks, but VENTOY did it to me. After all, this is some kind of holiday
@shabadooshabadoo4918 4 ай бұрын
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.
@AskYourComputerGuy 4 ай бұрын
Thanks, much appreciated 👍
@greyowl9295 13 күн бұрын
dude, I have to give u ur props, I have a mini pc took a dive, couldn't do anything with besides paperweight, I know absolutely nuffin on thumbdrives, computers, laptops n recovery, watched a myriad of vids, u my man exquisite teacher, u extremely helped my to reinstall windows, to bypass bsod, to get around not being able to get in my pc, as of today I have it completely restored, 96.5% ur wisdom, knowledge, 35% scraps of others collective info, u have mad skills, superb teaching abilities, I'm 67 years old just starting to try to learn, there's no ending to my appreciation n thanks 2 u
@JamsODonnell100 10 ай бұрын
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 🙏
@AskYourComputerGuy 10 ай бұрын
That's what I do here. I'm always learning, just like you. I just filter my knowledge down to the masses ;)
@andrew_koala2974 9 ай бұрын
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@paulcomputer 9 ай бұрын
This really helps a lot. One USB drive is enough.. now I can use my other USB drives. Thanks for sharing this
@AskYourComputerGuy 9 ай бұрын
Absolutely! Glad you enjoyed it and found it useful :)
@dillardblom3312 10 ай бұрын
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!
@AskYourComputerGuy 10 ай бұрын
Great to hear! Thanks for the comment and the support! :)
@oldpain7625 5 ай бұрын
Love the topic, the content, and your kindness in community towards viewers and comments. Subbed gratefully! Thank you and Merry Christmas! 🌲🎁☃️
@AskYourComputerGuy 4 ай бұрын
Awesome! Thank you!
@pipfpv7489 2 ай бұрын
Thank you. a coworker introduced me to ventoy and this was a really easy to follow guide on how to setup the bootdevice.
@AskYourComputerGuy 2 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it 👍
@Testiculitis 10 ай бұрын
Been using YUMI for years, but this seems a little more fluid 👍 You can have Ventoy ignore an entire directory, and its subdirectories, by placing an unnamed file with the extension ".ventoyignore" within it (In other words, the file should only have the extension with no name prefixing it). This is useful if you have other .ISO files on the drive that aren't bootable, and will speed up the loading of Ventoy, especially if you have many other files that don't need to be searched by it. (By the way, there a quick registry edit you can do to remove drives showing up multiple times on the Windows Explorer sidebar. Absolutely drives me nuts!)
@AskYourComputerGuy 10 ай бұрын
Worth checking into, thanks! 💪
@FlyboyHelosim 10 ай бұрын
I used YUMI for a bit but one day just stopped booting. Another issue is that it can take longer to write ISO files to the USB stick as it has to actually extract them... which leads to the other issue of having hundreds, if not thousands, of loose files on the disk in a rather convoluted file and folder structure. To remove an ISO you also have to go through an uninstall process, because of aforementioned extracted file and folder structure. Ventoy makes it so much cleaner and simpler, with less likelihood of corruption or user confusion.
@AskYourComputerGuy 10 ай бұрын
Good to know. I've heard other people brag about YUMI but wasn't familiar with it. This is good info to be aware of 💪
@michaelzoran 7 ай бұрын
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.
@charliesretrocomputing 2 ай бұрын
You have to go into Disk Management and delete the volumes. Then create a new Simple Volume with the unallocated space.
@ChrisM541 10 ай бұрын
What a superb tool. Big thanks for the headsup and for this excellent tutorial.
@AskYourComputerGuy 10 ай бұрын
Glad you found it useful! Thx and welcome to the community! :)
@swallowedinthesea11 10 ай бұрын
Another great one! Thank you, Scott!
@AskYourComputerGuy 10 ай бұрын
Thank YOU! :)
@Neeboopsh 9 ай бұрын
ventoy is absolutely fabulous. some isos do -not- work, but generally most do.
@AskYourComputerGuy 9 ай бұрын
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@stirlingnguyen9284 9 ай бұрын
This is very impressive! At my previous job, I had different Windows versions on different USB flash drives and yes... different utilities on separate flash drives. Nice touch with the addition of the personal file backups! 😂 Thank you sir for your video!
@AskYourComputerGuy 9 ай бұрын
You're welcome! Glad you enjoyed it! :)
@geoffmoore8208 5 ай бұрын
I love your channel and I’m learning so much. You are amazing! Thank you.
@AskYourComputerGuy 5 ай бұрын
Awesome! Thank you!
@katgrey6239 6 күн бұрын
Oh my, this instruction video just won you a new subscriber from WV, USA! I appreciate your step-by-step instructions. Thank you!
@AskYourComputerGuy 5 күн бұрын
Thanks for the sub!
@maupedx 10 ай бұрын
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.
@AskYourComputerGuy 10 ай бұрын
Agreed. Backupper is a quality product.
@riccardod8425 10 ай бұрын
I'm currently using Macrium Reflect instead of Aomei backupper since the day Aomei failed to restore my PC. Just my 2 cents. I even had a copy of Acronis True Image but it was an elephant.
@AskYourComputerGuy 10 ай бұрын
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
@PracticaProphetica 5 ай бұрын
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.
@user-nl4rs4nt6i 6 ай бұрын
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.
@AskYourComputerGuy 6 ай бұрын
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@SnarkierThan-U-R 10 ай бұрын
very informative, and easy to understand. Thanks, glad that I subscribed.
@AskYourComputerGuy 10 ай бұрын
I'm glad you did as well! Welcome to the community! Thx for the comment. Let me know if there is any video topic you'd like to see covered :)
@devonmmason 23 сағат бұрын
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.
@AskYourComputerGuy 8 сағат бұрын
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! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ps9jm8SGm86Vlac.html
@alawabidingcitizen 8 ай бұрын
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.
@AskYourComputerGuy 8 ай бұрын
Good tip, thank you! 💪
@roberthunter6927 10 ай бұрын
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.
@AskYourComputerGuy 10 ай бұрын
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
@kizzzit5724 5 ай бұрын
THANKS !! Very insightful and Helpful...
@sexysensation 10 ай бұрын
Extremely helpful, thanks ☺️
@AskYourComputerGuy 10 ай бұрын
Glad it helped!
@Ripper1302x 5 ай бұрын
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.
@RichardRagan 4 ай бұрын
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
@AskYourComputerGuy 4 ай бұрын
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@chaturvedirishab 9 ай бұрын
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 :)
@AskYourComputerGuy 9 ай бұрын
Best comment of the week! 💪❤️🍺
@Universe11556 6 ай бұрын
Ir is possible like MBR and GPT in one ventoy flash drive
@AskYourComputerGuy 6 ай бұрын
@SK11335 no. You can only have one file system per drive.
@mdmn8160 10 ай бұрын
❤ from Burundi 🇧🇮. Your videos are awesome and straightforward. Definitely subscribing
@AskYourComputerGuy 10 ай бұрын
Awesome! And welcome! :)
@mdmn8160 10 ай бұрын
@@AskYourComputerGuy thanks 😊
@trebel 10 ай бұрын
Thank you for all your hard work. Cheers m8 😀
@AskYourComputerGuy 10 ай бұрын
Thank you for watching!
@RedSaint83 9 ай бұрын
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.
@AskYourComputerGuy 9 ай бұрын
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 ;)
@chokey84 10 ай бұрын
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..
@AskYourComputerGuy 10 ай бұрын
It impressed me and made me switch my methodology. Enough said! 💪
@overbuiltlimited 10 ай бұрын
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?
@AskYourComputerGuy 10 ай бұрын
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 ;)
@patpalmer2353 10 ай бұрын
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.
@AskYourComputerGuy 10 ай бұрын
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 💪
@bleakyfinder2692 9 ай бұрын
Subscribed, thank you just found your excellent channel, regards from the UK.
@AskYourComputerGuy 9 ай бұрын
Awesome, thank you!
@dennissmith1469 7 ай бұрын
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!!
@AskYourComputerGuy 7 ай бұрын
Glad it helped
@dennissmith1469 7 ай бұрын
@AskYourComputerGuy it totally helped me!
@jbthomas2592 9 ай бұрын
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!
@AskYourComputerGuy 9 ай бұрын
So glad to hear that! Glad you figured it out ;)
@randyvanheusden732 8 ай бұрын
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.
@neil03051957 4 ай бұрын
Thanks I was wondering about this option on a 1TB WD. cheers
@NealPT 2 ай бұрын
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.
@AskYourComputerGuy 2 ай бұрын
Thanks, much appreciated 👍
@nycrsny3406 10 ай бұрын
cool, thanks for this simple step by step guide!
@AskYourComputerGuy 10 ай бұрын
So glad you found it useful! 💪
@MickMacklerack 10 ай бұрын
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.
@AskYourComputerGuy 10 ай бұрын
Nice! Will check into it! 👍💪
@blueskiesok 8 ай бұрын
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.
@pestpatroller 9 ай бұрын
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.
@AskYourComputerGuy 9 ай бұрын
Nice mix of ISOs! :)
@rootcanal7188 6 ай бұрын
@@AskYourComputerGuy In my experience, Parrot OS can "see" the Windows hard drive better than Mint can.
@MiamiGuy1972 5 күн бұрын
Awesome information and channel, thank you!
@AskYourComputerGuy 5 күн бұрын
My pleasure!
@chrisc2252 10 ай бұрын
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 😉
@AskYourComputerGuy 10 ай бұрын
Scheduled for a follow-up video ;)
@Derakkon2 10 ай бұрын
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.
@AskYourComputerGuy 10 ай бұрын
Pretty awesome, isn't it? I love it!
@charlysantamaria8646 10 ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing, much appreciated
@AskYourComputerGuy 10 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it, hope it helped!
@papa_oso 5 ай бұрын
Great video man, thanks! Liked & subscribed 🤙
@AskYourComputerGuy 5 ай бұрын
Thank you, my friend! 👍
@zeburgerkang 6 ай бұрын
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.
@AskYourComputerGuy 6 ай бұрын
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@FlyboyHelosim 10 ай бұрын
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.
@AskYourComputerGuy 10 ай бұрын
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?
@FlyboyHelosim 10 ай бұрын
@@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.
@AskYourComputerGuy 10 ай бұрын
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
@Daonexus 9 ай бұрын
@@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?
@FlyboyHelosim 9 ай бұрын
@@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.
@RogerSpangler 3 ай бұрын
In IT since the early dos days this is great tool and video as well. Thanks for the info.
@AskYourComputerGuy 3 ай бұрын
Thanks, much appreciated! 👍
@iwpsurf 8 ай бұрын
Awesome video. Thank you very much for sharing your knowledge!
@AskYourComputerGuy 8 ай бұрын
Thanks, I appreciate that! 💪
@timhelps2761 10 ай бұрын
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.
@AskYourComputerGuy 10 ай бұрын
Noted. I'll check them out!
@g-man2450 10 ай бұрын
Also use Easy2boot since it first came out, surprised so many people have never heard of it.
@coffee2629 9 ай бұрын
I was about to write that
@justincgs 9 ай бұрын
Years ago I used SARDU. Not sure if it's still around.
@AskYourComputerGuy 9 ай бұрын
Yep! www.sarducd.it/sardu-multiboot-creator
@jordanch68 10 ай бұрын
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.
@AskYourComputerGuy 10 ай бұрын
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 :)
@jordanch68 10 ай бұрын
@@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.
@AskYourComputerGuy 10 ай бұрын
Understood
@Derakkon2 10 ай бұрын
I haven't personally had any issues with that. Although the only legacy BIOS app that I have run recently is memtest
@markdawson25 10 ай бұрын
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.
@JasonWestaway 5 ай бұрын
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.
@AskYourComputerGuy 5 ай бұрын
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 :)
@JasonWestaway 5 ай бұрын
Sure will. Thank you again. I appreciate you too.
@Nicole.TaylorsVersion 10 ай бұрын
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.
@AskYourComputerGuy 10 ай бұрын
You can do it! Glad to help!
@dailyfilmfix469 9 ай бұрын
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...
@AskYourComputerGuy 9 ай бұрын
Unfortunately, that's true. I sure miss the good old days 🥲
@dailyfilmfix469 9 ай бұрын
@@AskYourComputerGuy Windows XP days were the best!
@AskYourComputerGuy 9 ай бұрын
Couldn't agree more! Seems every other Windows OS is horrible, followed by a great one
@englishrupe01 9 ай бұрын
U E F I ?.............what on earth is that? A newer type of vinyl LP for HiFi? ;-)
@AskYourComputerGuy 9 ай бұрын
@englishrupe01 😂😂😂
@mav29 10 ай бұрын
nice been doing these kind of stuff for quite sometime too, great video, learned another great thing today, im totally retooling again
@AskYourComputerGuy 10 ай бұрын
Awesome! Thx for sharing :)
@floridasaltlife 3 ай бұрын
subscribed, big fan of what you do, Thank You so much... I am following several of your recommendations...
@AskYourComputerGuy 2 ай бұрын
Welcome aboard!
@muhammadaltahhan1244 9 ай бұрын
Thank you very much and great informative video and presentation!
@AskYourComputerGuy 9 ай бұрын
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it :)
@guybenbaruch 9 ай бұрын
Amazing video. Thank you!
@AskYourComputerGuy 9 ай бұрын
Awesome, glad you found it useful! :)
@George_K1 10 ай бұрын
Great Video, very informative, nice presentation, I like the curtain screens (steps)
@AskYourComputerGuy 10 ай бұрын
Thank you so much! I appreciate you watching, glad it helped 💪
@vladislavkaras491 5 ай бұрын
Great video, thanks!
@AskYourComputerGuy 5 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it 👍
@mtech1961 8 ай бұрын
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.
@AskYourComputerGuy 8 ай бұрын
Good deal! And congratulations on your upcoming "parole" 😂
@scroopynooperz9051 5 ай бұрын
Medicat FTW! Saved my ass many times 😂
@yeshua4590 10 ай бұрын
Thanks, great info , very informative
@AskYourComputerGuy 10 ай бұрын
Thank you :)
@tonyweavers4292 11 күн бұрын
Great video, thanks. You have a new subscriber!
@arjunsamuel 8 ай бұрын
Wow! Amazing video. Thanks muchly.
@AskYourComputerGuy 8 ай бұрын
Thank you for your support! 💪
@michael_alan 7 ай бұрын
A great tutorial. Thanks!
@AskYourComputerGuy 7 ай бұрын
Thanks! I appreciate that! 💪
@abdaimegaming2679 7 ай бұрын
I had no idea this existed, thank you for the information
@AskYourComputerGuy 7 ай бұрын
Glad it helped! 👍
@trojanhorse3462 5 ай бұрын
Awesome content dude! Subbed
@AskYourComputerGuy 4 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@mrk4510 4 ай бұрын
I can confirm this worked great for me. Good stuff!
@AskYourComputerGuy 4 ай бұрын
Great to hear!
@RichieBeaumont 4 ай бұрын
Thanks you helped me alot
@peterrutkowski2742 9 ай бұрын
Been using Ventoy for few years after going through other similar utilities. My #1 utility to go to.
@AskYourComputerGuy 9 ай бұрын
Agreed!
@rananjerry6268 9 ай бұрын
Ive been using ventoy for a while and ive been enjoying it
@AskYourComputerGuy 9 ай бұрын
It's pretty amazing!
@DougSmithAT 7 ай бұрын
I do also use Ventoy too. It works in most cases. Thanks for your channel
@AskYourComputerGuy 7 ай бұрын
I appreciate that 👍
@invisiblekid99 7 ай бұрын
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.
@AskYourComputerGuy 7 ай бұрын
I've got a few on my channel...here's A good start: 9 Windows settings EVERY user should change NOW! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/oJ1giLJ9u7WYeWg.html
@James_T_Quirk 10 ай бұрын
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 .. ;)
@AskYourComputerGuy 10 ай бұрын
Nice!!!
@jwild1979 7 ай бұрын
Great tips, glad I stumbled across your this vid
@AskYourComputerGuy 7 ай бұрын
Thank you! 💪👍
@babakoosaw 6 ай бұрын
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 :)
@jasonthomas9967 7 ай бұрын
Very useful info, thanks a ton :)
@AskYourComputerGuy 7 ай бұрын
You're welcome!
@nightfallalicorn4246 2 ай бұрын
I've been using Ventoy for a while. It's brilliant.
@AskYourComputerGuy 2 ай бұрын
Agreed!
@solmix1565 6 ай бұрын
Great Information , it helping me a lot on my work
@AskYourComputerGuy 6 ай бұрын
Great to hear!
@TauLim 10 ай бұрын
Good useful video, thanks for sharing.
@AskYourComputerGuy 10 ай бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
@mrk4510 5 ай бұрын
Pretty amazing. Thanks a ton for the info! 🙂👍
@AskYourComputerGuy 5 ай бұрын
You got it 👍
@mikem511 8 ай бұрын
Thanks this is very helpful.
@AskYourComputerGuy 8 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it! 👍
@user-ms8hq5kv1s 7 ай бұрын
Just come across your You tube video , very impressive and helpful, much thanks from New Zealand
@AskYourComputerGuy 7 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@nileswright8915 10 ай бұрын
awesome stuff..... thanks for this video! ;)
@AskYourComputerGuy 10 ай бұрын
Glad you liked it!
@EZLogikal 4 ай бұрын
Where has this been my whole life?? Since I didn't know about this, I just recently picked up the Iodd ST400 - an external SSD enclosure that allows you to select ISOs like this... works a little differently, but same idea. Between these two tricks, 15+ years of always having the wrong installer is finally over! Thanks :)
@guiltygearcore 10 ай бұрын
A perfect tool. Thank you for this vid sir.
@AskYourComputerGuy 10 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it to! Thx ;)
@ComputingwithRandy-53 2 ай бұрын
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.
@AskYourComputerGuy 2 ай бұрын
Good to know! 👍
@StuBoyUK 7 ай бұрын
Epic video thanks for sharing ❤
@AskYourComputerGuy 7 ай бұрын
You're welcome! 💪
@StuBoyUK 7 ай бұрын
@AskYourComputerGuy thanks I've used hirens back in the day but will make one of these sticks. Could have done with sooner as my brothers hp laptop had to be reset as Windows 11 would not long in despite using the troubleshooting tools in windows 11
@StuBoyUK 7 ай бұрын
@@AskYourComputerGuy Just one note I got this on my hp new laptop when f9 to boot Secure Boot: Your shim isn't properly signed.
@jhlolex1254 8 ай бұрын
this helps me alot thanks
@scottx1415 8 ай бұрын
nice work, thanks
@ut561 10 ай бұрын
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.
@AskYourComputerGuy 10 ай бұрын
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 👍
@GypsyMoon 5 ай бұрын
Great info!!!
@AskYourComputerGuy 4 ай бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
@Kyle-lc3re 2 ай бұрын
I will have to try this.
@NeoGhk 8 ай бұрын
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.
@AskYourComputerGuy 8 ай бұрын
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 👍
@schonsospaet22 3 ай бұрын
Very big like! Thank you for this very useful toolkit!
@AskYourComputerGuy Ай бұрын
Thanks!
@Robert8455 6 ай бұрын
Good info here! Thanks
@AskYourComputerGuy 6 ай бұрын
You're welcome! ❤️
@jimbo620341 5 ай бұрын
COOL! Thanks!
@litoaranda1810 9 ай бұрын
Great Tip ... !!! ME Too, I always go Old School, and this is a great new Tool (Thank You !!!)
@AskYourComputerGuy 9 ай бұрын
Awesome! Glad you found it useful! 👍
@user-TheTrueGibly 7 ай бұрын
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
@gsxrsquid 3 ай бұрын
I'm looking forward to your Medicat USB video!!!
@mazoKu_Y 9 ай бұрын
Nice. Thank you very much. New sub
@AskYourComputerGuy 9 ай бұрын
Thank you, I appreciate that! 💪
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