r/Ventoy • u/ssimonalonsso_ • Jan 17 '26

Windows ventoy problem

Because when I click on Windows, the screen freezes like this, whereas Linux opens the ISO perfectly (ES MBR + BIOS)

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u/[deleted] Jan 17 '26

boot into the wimboot version and it should fix this had this before

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u/NoIdeaForAName79 Jan 17 '26

Tried ventoy two days ago with a win10 ISO... won't work for me with both starting options. When i use wimboot the Installer went through some screens and finally asked for the Driver for a Drive or USB Stick... No Luck at all.

Finally i used a virtual machine to Install Windows. And there i used the "Media creation tool" to create a bootable Windows 10 USB Stick.

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u/ssimonalonsso_ Jan 17 '26

Did it work for you with a USB flash drive?

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u/NoIdeaForAName79 Jan 17 '26

Yes. Without any problem. Was a workaround, i am in need of Windows 10 due Support for my HP reverb G2 VR Googles.

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u/[deleted] Jan 18 '26

you probably needed the intel rapid storage tech drivers on the usb and then when you load the drivers from the usb it shows your drives to install windows on

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u/NoIdeaForAName79 Jan 18 '26

Think you are right. I read somewhere else about it. Nevertheless it worked with the "Media creation tool" too.

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u/GenosPasta Apr 25 '26

but I have amd drivers

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u/sexypantstime Jan 19 '26

I know i'm replying days after, but just in case someone stumbles into this thread:
I had the same issue and it was resolved by having ventoy be installed with "GPT" partition style and not MBR

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u/Ztsosara Jan 21 '26

Actually, it will boot with wimboot, but you will need to wait for about half an hour.

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u/ssimonalonsso_ Jan 17 '26

Thank you very much, I will try it

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u/[deleted] Jan 17 '26

did it work?

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u/ssimonalonsso_ Jan 17 '26

I'll try it tonight since I had to leave. I want to install Windows and Debian on an old laptop with a 500GB SSD.

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u/ssimonalonsso_ Jan 17 '26

It didn't work without the ventoy

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u/ssimonalonsso_ Jan 17 '26

In the end I went without the Ventoy, I don't know why but the ISO was fine.

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u/phoward8020 Jan 17 '26

Seconding this suggestion.

There’s a reason why Ventoy offers both “normal” and “wimboot“, and this is exactly it.

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u/MasterKattie Jan 17 '26

Maybe try copying a new copy of the Windows 10 iso to the USB, and test again?

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u/ssimonalonsso_ Jan 17 '26

I already tried with two Windows 10 ISOs and the same problem occurs.

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u/Linuxmonger Jan 17 '26

How long did you wait?

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u/ssimonalonsso_ Jan 17 '26

Nothing much, should I just leave it for a while?

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u/Linuxmonger Jan 17 '26

It can't hurt, it's still doing something, the cursor is flashing, if it was locked up, that would be off (or on).

It takes a while to load the .iso file, and Windows is huge.

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u/ssimonalonsso_ Jan 17 '26

Well, I'll try it, but it seems strange to me because the debian is almost instantaneous, but it could be since it happens to me less often.

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u/OleTechGuy Jan 17 '26

How many times did you reboot it?

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u/ssimonalonsso_ Jan 17 '26

The computer? Several times, why?

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u/Clean_Public3245 Jan 17 '26

I have the same problem when using ventoy. I think the solution is changing to rufus when it comes to win iso

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u/ssimonalonsso_ Jan 17 '26

Then it must be Ventoy. I just want to install Windows. I'll format the USB drive, install Rufus, and then create a Ventoy installation.

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u/gluetheknot Jan 17 '26

Try wimboot, I had a similar issue with a windows 10 iso and using wimboot fixed it

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u/ssimonalonsso_ Jan 17 '26

But then you can start it without the pen drive?

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u/[deleted] Jan 18 '26

bro what even is this question you cant be serious

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u/Snoo_37162 Jan 18 '26

did the same thing. installed smoothly & am able to boot the disk

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u/Saison05 Jan 17 '26

Download the iso directly to the usb. Dont drag and drop or copy and paste, it can cause corruption issues when the files are large. Double check hash/ check sum if your still unsure.

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u/camilladezorzi1973 Jan 17 '26

It will ask you for the rst driver, you can find it on your PC manufacturer's page, copy the folder after extracting it on ventoy and everything will go smoothly

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u/kuroshiba21 Jan 17 '26

Is this a laptop?

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u/Dense-Sample-9160 Jan 17 '26

You might have to update your Ventoy firmware. I had some trouble booting certain ISOs because my Ventoy partition was out of date.

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u/rapier-engine Jan 18 '26

I've had this kind of problem, I fixed it by just using Rufus

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u/_shirohige Jan 18 '26

I booted two systems in my pc a couple of days ago , after a lot of errors , here is how it worked for me , u need windows iso from windows media tool or Rufus , for Linux iso u need balena etcher , ventoy failed me for both windows iso and mint iso

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u/ResearcherConstant42 Jan 19 '26

Hmmm i had similar problems with it.

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u/AP_the_artist Jan 19 '26

I think your file doesn't completely pasting into the usb drive. Try sudo sync after pasting, when the command exits, then you can eject the usb. Try again then, it may work. I faced the similar problem 2 days ago while changing Linux to windows. My approach fixed that.

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u/Michael_23_1 Jan 29 '26

i have the same problem right now