EasyBCD Alternatives for Windows

There are many alternatives to EasyBCD for Windows if you are looking for a replacement. The best Windows alternative is rEFInd - Boot Manager, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 10 alternatives to EasyBCD and 12 are available for Windows so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Windows alternatives to EasyBCD are Bootice, EasyUEFI, Visual BCD Editor and Grub2Win.

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EasyBCD alternatives are mainly Boot Managers, but if you're looking for Operating Systems you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Linux, Windows, Free and Mac. You can also filter by region, for example EU-based alternatives if you prefer software developed in the European Union. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to EasyBCD.
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  1. rEFInd - Boot Manager icon

    rEFInd - Boot Manager

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    rEFInd is a fork of the rEFIt boot manager for computers based on the Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) and Unified EFI (UEFI). Like rEFIt, rEFInd is a boot manager, meaning that it presents a menu of options to the user when the computer...

    10 rEFInd - Boot Manager alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    Comments about rEFInd - Boot Manager as an Alternative to EasyBCD
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    This is a bootloader, not BCD DB editor.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • rEFInd - Boot Manager is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to EasyBCD.

    • rEFInd - Boot Manager is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to EasyBCD.

    • rEFInd - Boot Manager is Free and Open SourceEasyBCD is Free Personal and Proprietary
  2. Bootice icon

    Bootice

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    Bootice - utility to modify or backup/restore your MBR (Master Boot Record) or PBR (Partition Boot Record).

    7 Bootice alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

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    • Windows
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  4. EasyUEFI icon

    EasyUEFI

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    EasyUEFI owns comprehensive EFI/UEFI boot option management functions, such as create, delete, edit, clean up, backup and restore EFI/UEFI boot options, specifies an one-time boot entry for the next restart, or change EFI/UEFI boot order, all these operations done under Windows...

    17 EasyUEFI alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once or Subscription)
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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  6. Grub2Win icon

    Grub2Win

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    Safely dual boot Windows and Linux without touching the Windows MBR.

    Grub2Win installs to Windows 8, Windows 7, XP, 2000 or Vista. It boots native, open source GNU grub version 2.00 code. Everything is contained in one 7 MB directory on your Windows C: drive.

    The simple Windows.

    16 Grub2Win alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
    • Linux
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    the name grub makes it ok to me

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Grub2Win is Free and Open SourceEasyBCD is Free Personal and Proprietary
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    DualBootPRO

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    A boot editor for the Windows 7/Vista bootloader. Takes the pain out of BCDEDIT.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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    • DualBootPRO is the most popular commercial alternative to EasyBCD.

    • DualBootPRO is Paid and ProprietaryEasyBCD is Free Personal and Proprietary

  9. burg

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    Burg is a brand-new boot loader based on GNU GRUB. It uses a new object format which allows it to be built in a wider range of OS, including Linux/Windows/OSX/FreeBSD, etc.

    19 burg alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
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  10. BootIt Bare Metal icon

    BootIt Bare Metal

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    BootIt Bare Metal is a boot manager and partition manager software utility. Whither you want to do non-destructive repartitioning or boot multiple operating systems, this is the product for you.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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    iReboot

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    iReboot is NeoSmart Technologies' simple yet effective reboot helper tool. iReboot sits in your taskbar at startup (only taking up 400KB of memory!) and lets you choose which operating system you want to reboot into.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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  12. OSL2000 Boot Manager icon

    OSL2000 Boot Manager

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    OSL2000 is an advanced multi boot manager. Using OSL2000 boot manager, you can directly install, boot and manage upto 100 independent OSs in your computer.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
    Main Menu
     
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    Extended Operating System Loader

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    Written in C++ and licensed under GNU GPL, XOSL (eXtended Operating System Loader) is a user-friendly, window-based graphical boot manager handling large disks and over 30 different operating systems.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Main dialog
     
  14. BellaVista icon

    BellaVista

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    Many system developers complain about repetitive settings of their testing Windows workstations to make them usable for testing software. Number of dialogs you need to go through is bigger on Windows Vista or newer, where the necessary dialogs are often hidden one level deeper...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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