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 16 are available for Windows so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Windows alternatives to EasyBCD are EasyUEFI, Bootice, Grub2Win and iReboot.

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EasyBCD is NeoSmart Technologies multiple award-winning answer to tweaking Windows bootloader. With EasyBCD, almost anything is possible, e.g. to boot a Win7-VHD-image. Setting up and configuring Windows boot entries is...

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EasyBCD alternatives page was last updated Sep 3, 2024
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  1. rEFInd - Boot Manager icon
    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...

    12 rEFInd - Boot Manager alternatives
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    • Free • Open Source

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    • Windows
    • Linux
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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
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    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...

    21 EasyUEFI alternatives
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    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

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    • Windows

    EasyUEFI Features

    1.  Create bootable Image
    2.  Create UEFI bootable drive
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  4. Bootice icon
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    Bootice

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

    8 Bootice alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

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    • Windows

    Bootice Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Command line interface
    3.  MBR
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    Discontinued

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

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  5. Grub2Win icon
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    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.

    19 Grub2Win alternatives
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    • Free • Open Source

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    • Windows
    • Linux

    Grub2Win Features

    1.  Portable
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    Grub2Win iconEasyBCD Icon

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    the name grub makes it ok to me

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    • Grub2Win is Free and Open SourceEasyBCD is Free Personal and Proprietary
  6. iReboot icon
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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.

    25 iReboot alternatives
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    License model

    • Free Personal • Proprietary

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    • Windows
    iReboot iconEasyBCD Icon

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  7. Visual BCD Editor icon
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    Visual BCD Editor

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    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.

    17 Visual BCD Editor alternatives
    Visual BCD Editor

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows

    Properties

    1.  No Tracking
    2.  Ad-free

    Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Boot from USB without BIOS
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  9. VMLite VBoot icon
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    VMLite VBoot

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    VBoot allows you to boot a physical computer from a single virtual disk file in VHD/VMDK/VDI/Raw format. Each file contains a single operating system. It supports Windows 2000, Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7, 2003 Server, 2008 Server and Linux 2.6, 32- and 64-bit.

    34 VMLite VBoot alternatives
    VBoot boot entry can be easily added to XP-,2003-,Vista-,Win7 boot manager

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    • Windows
    • Linux

    VMLite VBoot Features

    1.  Boot from Virtual Disk
    You can add VHD boot entries to the grub.cfg file
    VBoot 1.1 99 USD can boot all Win-versions from vhd
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    • VMLite VBoot is the most popular commercial alternative to EasyBCD.

    • VMLite VBoot is Paid and ProprietaryEasyBCD is Free Personal and Proprietary
  10. BootIt Bare Metal icon
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    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.

    19 BootIt Bare Metal alternatives
    Edit Boot Menu Item

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    • Windows

    BootIt Bare Metal Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Multi boot
    Partition Properties
    Boot Menu
    +3
    Resize Partition
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  11. burg

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    Burg is a brand-new boot loader based on 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.

    22 burg alternatives
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    • Free • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
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    Discontinued

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

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  12. DualBootPRO icon
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    DualBootPRO

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

    19 DualBootPRO alternatives
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    • Windows
    DualBootPRO iconEasyBCD Icon

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  13. OSL2000 Boot Manager icon
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    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.

    19 OSL2000 Boot Manager alternatives
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    Help Screen
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  14. bootcfg

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    Used to edit boot configuration data on Windows systems. Predecessor of bcdedit. Found on Windows XP and prior versions.

    18 bootcfg alternatives
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