Usually, when you create a USB directly on a USB stick, you only install one distro per USB. What if you wanted to install several distros on the same USB drive?

YUMI stands for “Your Universal Multiboot Installer”, is a convenient Windows multiboot USB creator that allows you to install multiple distros onto a single USB drive. When you boot it up, you will choose the distro you want to boot into. YUMI is powered by and has the same functionality as the Universal USB Installer that we reviewed earlier.

Tạo ổ đĩa USB MultiBoot với YUMI

To get started, just. No installation is required. Once downloaded, double click on the .exe file to run it.

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Plugin your USB drive and select the drive letter in the first field. Next, choose the distribution you want to install and add the file path to the ISO file. If you don’t have the ISO file, you can check the box “Download the ISO” and download the download link in your browser. Finally, click “Create”. USB drive and choose the drive letter in the first field. Next, select the distribution you want to install and add the file path to the ISO file. If you don’t have the ISO file, you can check the box “Download the ISO” and download the download link in your browser. Finally, click “Create”.

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Review the settings, and if everything looks good, press “Yes” to continue.

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When the installation is completed, click “Next”. You will be prompted if you want to add a distro to the USB drive. Click “Yes”. USB drive Click “Yes”.

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Repeat the same process as above, but this time choose a different distro.

Repeat this process repeatedly until you’ve added all the distros you want to run in the USB drive. For this tutorial, I said three distros: Comodo Rescue, Damn Small Linux, and AVG Anti-virus scanner. USB flash drive. For this tutorial, I added three distros: Comodo Rescue, Damn Small Linux, and AVG Anti-virus scanner.

Start your computer using a USB drive. Now you can select the distro you want to boot. USB flash drive. Now you can choose the distro you want to kick.

Màn hình khởi động yumi

If you want to get rid of one installed distro to free up space to install another, you can do it with YUMI as well. Check “see or uninstall distro box,” It will load the install mode where you can see the distro installed and remove the useless one.

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In uninstaller mode, you can see which distros have been installed. To remove it, select it and click the “Remove” button.

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If you only have one USB drive or merge multiple distros in one USB drive, then YUMI is a useful tool for creating a Live Multiboot Live USB USB disk. You can install some handy distros, such as Puppy Linux, an anti-virus scanner, and a system recovery tool to a USB drive and keep it handy with you. They will be useful sometime down the road. USB drives, or you want to merge multiple distros in one USB drive. Then YUMI is a helpful tool for you to create a Live Multiboot Live USB USB disk. You can install many handy distros, such as Puppy Linux, an anti-virus scanner, and a system recovery tool to a USB drive and keep it handy with you. They will undoubtedly be helpful down the road sometimes.