Adding ISO images

A Ventoy drive boots whatever ISO (or IMG/WIM/VHD) files you put on it. There are three ways to get an image into BootForge so you can copy it to your drive.

1. Download from the official page (free)

In the Catalog, open an entry and tap its Homepage link. Your browser opens the publisher’s official site, where you download the ISO. Then bring it into BootForge with Import (below).

This is the route that’s always available, for every catalog entry, on every install.

2. Import a file from your phone (free)

If you already have an ISO on your phone — downloaded in a browser, transferred from a PC, anything — add it to BootForge directly:

1. Open the Library tab.
2. Tap Import ISO.
3. Pick one or more files.

BootForge copies them into its own storage (you’ll see “Importing 1 of 3…”). If a file is a .zip or .gz archive, BootForge unpacks the bootable image automatically. If a name already exists, you choose Replace, Keep both, or Cancel.

3. Download inside the app (Pro)

With BootForge Pro, the catalog detail page offers Download to this device — one tap downloads the ISO and verifies its checksum automatically, no browser detour. You can:

• watch live progress, speed, and bytes;
• pause, resume, cancel, or retry;
• choose where it saves — your phone’s library or straight to the USB drive.

A download notification keeps you posted in the background, complete with the distribution’s logo.

Where downloads are saved

In Settings → Downloads → Save downloads to, choose:

• Ask every time — BootForge asks per download.
• This phone — saved to your device’s library.
• USB drive — written straight to the connected drive.

A note on file types

Ventoy lists boot entries by file type — ISO, WIM, IMG, VHD, VHDX, EFI. If you keep a file with a different extension, BootForge flags it (“May not boot in Ventoy”): it’ll still copy, but probably won’t appear in the boot menu. If it’s a renamed image or an archive, restore the right extension or extract it first.

Next, copy your images to the drive.