Grub2Win Alternatives for Windows

There are many alternatives to Grub2Win for Windows if you are looking for a replacement. The best Windows alternative is GRUB, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 10 alternatives to Grub2Win and 13 are available for Windows so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Windows alternatives to Grub2Win are EasyBCD, EasyUEFI, GRUB4DOS and WINGRUB and VMLite VBoot.

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Grub2Win

Free • Open Source
Boot Manager

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

Grub2Win installs to Windows 8, Windows 7, XP, 2000...

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GRUB
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Free • Open Source
Boot Manager
Mac
Windows
Linux
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Solaris
OpenSolaris
24 GRUB alternatives
GNU GRUB is a multiboot boot loader. It was derived from GRUB, the GRand Unified Bootloader, which was originally designed and implemented by Erich Stefan Boleyn.
- - GRUB is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Grub2Win.
- - GRUB is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Grub2Win.
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GRUB Features
Customizable
Text-based
USB to NTFS
Zero configuration
EasyBCD
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Free Personal • Proprietary
Boot Manager
Windows
20 EasyBCD alternatives
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 simple, and there is no easier way to quickly boot right...
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EasyBCD Features
3 way sync
MBR
Support for Android Things
EasyUEFI
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Freemium • Proprietary
Boot Manager
Windows
20 EasyUEFI alternatives
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...
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EasyUEFI Features
Create bootable Image
Create UEFI bootable drive
GRUB4DOS and WINGRUB
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Free • Open Source
Boot Manager
Mac
Windows
Linux
17 GRUB4DOS and WINGRUB alternatives
GRUB for DOS is the dos extension of GRUB. It enables dos users to run the configuration console directly in real mode. The project also contains an utility called WINGRUB, an GUI intends to help configuring and installing GRUB in the WINDOWS environment.
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Discontinued
It was last updated in 2013.
VMLite VBoot
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Paid • Proprietary
Boot Manager
Windows
Linux
33 VMLite VBoot alternatives
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.
- - VMLite VBoot is the most popular commercial alternative to Grub2Win.
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VMLite VBoot Features
Boot from Virtual Disk
Gag
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Free • Open Source
Boot Manager
Mac
Windows
Linux
7 Gag alternatives
GAG (initials, in spanish, of Graphical Boot Manager) is a Boot Manager program. It's loaded when the computer is turned on and allows you to choose the operating system you want to use.
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Discontinued
The latest version (4.10) is from 2008.
BootIt Bare Metal
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Paid • Proprietary
Boot Manager
Windows
18 BootIt Bare Metal alternatives
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.
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BootIt Bare Metal Features
1. PortableBootIt Bare Metal can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
Multi boot
burg
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Free • Open Source
Boot Manager
Mac
Windows
Linux
BSD
20 burg alternatives
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.
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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.
OSL2000 Boot Manager
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Paid • Proprietary
Boot Manager
Windows
18 OSL2000 Boot Manager alternatives
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.
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bootcfg
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Paid • Proprietary
Boot Manager
Windows
17 bootcfg alternatives
Used to edit boot configuration data on Windows systems. Predecessor of bcdedit. Found on Windows XP and prior versions.
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DualBootPRO
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Paid • Proprietary
Boot Manager
Windows
18 DualBootPRO alternatives
A boot editor for the Windows 7/Vista bootloader. Takes the pain out of BCDEDIT.
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Extended Operating System Loader
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Free • Open Source
Boot Manager
Mac
Windows
Linux
15 Extended Operating System Loader alternatives
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.
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Extended Operating System Loader Features
MBR
Multi boot
Discontinued
Since XOSL is no longer maintained, but still usable, a modified version has stemmed form the original one: see https://sourceforge.net/projects/xosl2/

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Grub2Win Alternatives for Windows

GRUB Features

EasyBCD Features

EasyUEFI Features

VMLite VBoot Features

BootIt Bare Metal Features

Extended Operating System Loader Features