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    From T i m@21:1/5 to All on Mon Dec 19 13:04:20 2022
    I couldn't find my YUMI multiboot pen drive to install W10 on another
    machine I'm playing with and that gave me the opportunity to try
    'Ventoy', as recommended by SH of this parish. ;-)

    https://www.ventoy.net/en/index.html

    I happened to have a 32GB Sandisk pen drive empty so installed Ventoy on
    it then just copied my W10 and W11 ISO images on it.

    I then stuck the drive in the laptop, booted from it, was presented with
    a menu showing the two Windows installer images and selected the W10 one.

    It was quickly presented with the std W10 installer menu and from there
    is was all pretty stock. ;-)

    I have since tried a Linux Live desktop image (Ubuntu) and a couple of
    the bootable utility CD's and all but my BartPE image worked first time
    (I'll go back to that later).

    So I'd say it's a must for anyone who plays with PC's and likes to have
    a selection of tools / OS's on a few pen drives, for when we misplace
    the one we want or leave it in the back of someones PC you are fixing.
    <don't ask>. ;-)

    Cheers, T i m

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  • From Jeff Gaines@21:1/5 to T i m on Mon Dec 19 13:55:32 2022
    On 19/12/2022 in message <k0b5qmFt6hqU3@mid.individual.net> T i m wrote:

    I couldn't find my YUMI multiboot pen drive to install W10 on another
    machine I'm playing with and that gave me the opportunity to try 'Ventoy',
    as recommended by SH of this parish. ;-)

    It's fabulous, brilliant recommendation by SH :-)

    Mine is on an external SSD and includes Win98 SE, must find a machine to
    try that on!

    --
    Jeff Gaines Dorset UK
    You can't tell which way the train went by looking at the tracks

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  • From T i m@21:1/5 to Jeff Gaines on Mon Dec 19 15:07:36 2022
    On 19/12/2022 13:55, Jeff Gaines wrote:
    On 19/12/2022 in message <k0b5qmFt6hqU3@mid.individual.net> T i m wrote:

    I couldn't find my YUMI multiboot pen drive to install W10 on another
    machine I'm playing with and that gave me the opportunity to try
    'Ventoy', as recommended by SH of this parish. ;-)

    It's fabulous, brilliant recommendation by SH :-)

    Mine is on an external SSD and includes Win98 SE, must find a machine to
    try that on!

    I picked up a 128GB M.2 drive that seems to be too long for anything I
    have that takes them so I might look for a USB3 caddy to put that in and
    use that as my main Ventoy thing. ;-)

    Cheers, T i m

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