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with a ventoy usb stick, all you have to do is copy bootable .iso over. that's it. you get a menu at boot to pick one.
it's extremely convenient.
This is the main reason I use Ventoy.
I have a small external drive and I just dump multiple ISO files on it and then select whichever one I want at boot, I don't have to keep formatting and making new bootable drives.
It does mean you have to repackage isos if you want to include/update files.
For example, it made an automated.xml file for windows install a lot more complicated. But now I have a very nicely scripted iso builder for customised windows installations (I work in the events industry, so things like digital signage and show machines can be 95% configured before I even have to interact with it).
It's still windows, but it's now hands free from iso boot to being able to use it with the software and settings I want.
Ventoy, as far as I know, uses image files only, so if you are making changes to your files then my best guess is you will need to update the ISO or rebuild it.
I mainly use it for distro hopping, I will download the latest version of a Linux distro to give it a try. Got quite a few on my bootable drive. So I never update any files other than replacing the ISO I had been using for a certain distro.
I think Ventoy would work in your case if you needed to carry around more than one version of the automated Windows install you are using.