You can install ventoy without secureboot, but you don't have to. In my case, Ventoy without SecureBoot works just fine. I've never had a problem with that whether the bios is set to Legacy (and all my machines are in MBR mod since I don't have any storage over 2To) or UEFI.
In Ventoy 1.0.99 (under W10 pro) the formatting choices are in the option menu, then partition configuration.
The problem of the formatting type not being taken into account (format in ExFat when I had chosen NTFS), I've had with older versions of Ventoy, never again since the latest versions. When it happened, I just reformatted the ExFat partition to NTFS using the Windows file manager.
That said, I always prepare my USB keys before installing Ventoy on them.
With Diskpart (tool supplied with Win10/11) launched in a Windows console in “adminitrator” mode, I start by cleaning the key with the following commands:
-- List disk (to find the key number)
-- Select disk n (n being you USB key number given by the list)
-- Clean (to delete all, datas partitions and formatting).
-- Exit (To quit the tool)
If you want to force the key to be formatted after cleaning and before exiting the tool, just after "Clean" you can run the commands:
-- Create part prim (to create a main partition)
-- Format quick fs=ntfs (to format the partition)
This won't do much good, as Ventoy will destroy and reformat the partition anyway, but this will allow Windows to recognize the key and you can check that it's working properly before installing Ventoy..
To finish with Diskpart. There's no going back with this tool, so be sure to carefully check the device number of the key before validating the command.
Last thing, if you want to tweak Windows 10/11 install see this post
In Ventoy 1.0.99 (under W10 pro) the formatting choices are in the option menu, then partition configuration.
The problem of the formatting type not being taken into account (format in ExFat when I had chosen NTFS), I've had with older versions of Ventoy, never again since the latest versions. When it happened, I just reformatted the ExFat partition to NTFS using the Windows file manager.
That said, I always prepare my USB keys before installing Ventoy on them.
With Diskpart (tool supplied with Win10/11) launched in a Windows console in “adminitrator” mode, I start by cleaning the key with the following commands:
-- List disk (to find the key number)
-- Select disk n (n being you USB key number given by the list)
-- Clean (to delete all, datas partitions and formatting).
-- Exit (To quit the tool)
If you want to force the key to be formatted after cleaning and before exiting the tool, just after "Clean" you can run the commands:
-- Create part prim (to create a main partition)
-- Format quick fs=ntfs (to format the partition)
This won't do much good, as Ventoy will destroy and reformat the partition anyway, but this will allow Windows to recognize the key and you can check that it's working properly before installing Ventoy..
To finish with Diskpart. There's no going back with this tool, so be sure to carefully check the device number of the key before validating the command.
Last thing, if you want to tweak Windows 10/11 install see this post