Free EasyBCD Alternatives

    EasyBCD is described as 'Boot utility to easily tweak your Windows boot configuration and setup multi-boot systems'. There are more than 10 alternatives to EasyBCD for various platforms. The best alternative is Grub Customizer, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like EasyBCD are Bootice (Free), rEFInd (Free, Open Source), Visual BCD Editor (Free) and Grub2Win (Free, Open Source).

    The list of alternatives was last updated Mar 8, 2018
    EasyBCD info, screenshots & reviewsAlternatives to EasyBCD
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    • Grub Customizer

      Grub Customizer is a graphical interface to configure the GRUB2/BURG settings and menuentries.
      Most users think this is a great alternative to EasyBCD.
      • Free • Open Source
      • Linux
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      Grub Customizer customizes Grub and EasyBCD changes windows
      Negative comment • about 2 years ago • 5 users agree and 3 don't

      is for linux, easy bcd is for windows
      Negative comment • almost 3 years ago • 5 users agree and 7 don't

      It can REALLY rescue you, when you have NO access to Windows & it's bootloader.
      Positive comment • over 1 year ago • 2 users agree and 2 don't

    • Bootice

      Bootice - utility to modify or backup/restore your MBR (Master Boot Record) or PBR (Partition Boot Record).
      Most users think this is a great alternative to EasyBCD.

      Discontinued

      Author's website no longer exists, software can still be downloaded from third party sites.

      • Free
      • Windows
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    • rEFInd

      rEFInd is a fork of the rEFIt boot manager for computers based on the Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) and Unified EFI (UEFI).
      • Free • Open Source
      • Mac
      • Windows
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      • Visual BCD Editor

        Visual BCD Editor - advanced GUI version of bcdedit utility. Automatic boot loader creation - Windows 7|Vista|XP|VHD. Fix boot manager and dual boot problems.
        • Free
        • Windows
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      • Grub2Win

        Safely dual boot Windows and Linux without touching the Windows MBR.
        • Free • Open Source
        • Windows
        • Linux
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          the name grub makes it ok to me
          Positive comment • over 2 years ago • 3 users agree and 2 don't

        • EasyUEFI

          Manage EFI/UEFI Boot Options & Manage EFI System Partitions & Fix EFI/UEFI Boot Issues.
          • Freemium
          • Windows
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        • rEFIt

          rEFIt is a boot menu and maintenance toolkit for EFI-based machines like the Intel Macs.

          Discontinued

          rEFIt is no longer maintained since 2013. The author suggested to check out rEFInd , a fork of the original program.

          • Free • Open Source
          • Mac
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          • Linux Loader

            The development of LILO as classic bootloader for GNU/Linux systems was restarted in June 2010. Because of the simpleness LILO has some advantages comparing with Grub and Grub2.
            • Free • Open Source
            • Linux
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            • burg

              Burg is a brand-new boot loader based on GRUB.

              Discontinued

              The project is no longer maintained. Last version, released on 18 October 2010, can be still downloaded from Google Code.

              • Free • Open Source
              • Mac
              • Windows
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              • Yaboot

                Yaboot is a PowerPC bootloader for Open Firmware based machines including New World Apple Macintosh, IBM RS/6000, IBM pSeries and IBM OpenPower machines.
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                • Free • Open Source
                • Linux
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