How to put Multiple OS in a single USB (MultiBoot USB)

How to put Multiple OS in a single USB (MultiBoot USB)

Almost all operating systems made it very easy to put ISO files on USB drives by using various tools. For example, the Windows USB/DVD tool and the Startup Disk Creator in Ubuntu.

You can’t waste your each single USB drives for each single OS for creating a Bootable USB Drive. Now, there are many OS available in the market, either free or paid. Each having its multiple versions and features. It would be great if you put all the ISO files on one flash drive and take the advantage of installing multiple operating systems through a multiboot USB drive.

So, in this article, I am gonna tell you how you can put multiple OS in a single USB Drive and create a multiboot USB pendrive. Since most ISOs have heavy amount of size, your flash drive must be at least 16GB or 32GB capacity. Like, If you want to put three Windows ISOs in the multiboot USB disk, you will need a 16GB flash drive.

The process to create a multiboot USB drive is quite simple. For Windows OS, these multiboot USB drives can be created using a popular tool known as WinSetupFromUSB. It allows you put multiple OS ISOs in one USB drive. You can put Windows and Linux in a same bootable disk or create a master installation disk of Windows 7, Windows 8.1, and Windows 10. The choice is yours. So, Lets see How To Create Multiboot USB Drive.

How To Create Multiboot USB Drive:

Step 1: Download WinSetupFromUSB and Extract the software.
Step 2: Connect your USB drive to your computer.
Step 3: Open WinSetupFromUSB.(Open the 32 and 64-bit version according to your OS.) 
Step 4: Select your USB stick from the drop down menu. If the software doesn’t recognise your pen drive, press refresh.
Step 5: Tick Auto format it with FBinst. Remember you have to choose this option only during the first ISO installation.

Step 6: Click Advanced options.

Step 7: Tick the Custom menu names for Vista/7/8/Server Source checkbox. Now exit Advanced Options.

Step 8: Now you have the main screen of the tool, from here select the checkbox of the OS which you want to install on your USB drive. 
Note: If the size of your ISO is larger than 4 Gb, it will show a message to split the file into parts. This is because you’ve chosen the FAT32 option. Click OK.

Step 9: Click GO. A data deletion warning message will be displayed. This is because you’ve chosen to format the flash drive. Click Yes.
Step 10: The software will now format your pen drive and install the ISO that you have selected. The process will take few minutes to finish.

How to add the next OS in that USB Drive:

• Start the WinSetupFromUSB tool again.
• Select your flash drive in the drop down menu.
• Click Advanced Options and look for Custom menu names for Vista/7/8/10/Server Source.
• During second ISO installation, kindly uncheck Auto format with FBinst. Enabling this will remove your previous ISO file.
• Click GO and follow the same process.

Note: WinSetupFromUSB doesn’t support different versions of  ISOs i.e. it can’t have 32-bit and 64bit version in a single USB drive. It will show an error message.

If you want to add more OS in your USB drive then Follow the same process to add ISOs to your USB Drive and to make your USB drive multiboot.

There are some more Softwares available which could help you to create Multiboot USB drive. The Methods of creating Multiboot from these Software are explained in details on their websites. You may also want to give a try to these softwares: 

1. You can also use YUMI – Multiboot USB Creator to create Multiboot USB.
2. Another tool for creating Multiboot USB Drive is XBOOT – Multiboot ISO USB Creator.
3. One more software which is best known for creating Multiboot USB drives is SARDU – Multiboot USB Creator.

So, this was the method to create a Multiboot USB drive which will allows you to choose between multiple operating systems at a time of installing.
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