Visual BCD Editor is described as '- advanced GUI version of bcdedit utility. Automatic boot loader creation - Windows 7|Vista|XP|VHD. Fix boot manager and dual boot problems' and is a Boot Manager in the os & utilities category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Visual BCD Editor for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, BSD and Oracle Solaris apps. The best Visual BCD Editor alternative is GNU GRUB, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Visual BCD Editor are EasyBCD, Bootice, EasyUEFI and Grub Customizer.
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 cannot affect the Windows bootmgr.
GRUB does not allow for editing of the BCD store
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...
Visual BCD Editor is a complete BCD Editor. EasyBCD is able to edit only a small portion of BCD.
Bootice - utility to modify or backup/restore your MBR (Master Boot Record) or PBR (Partition Boot Record).
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...
Grub Customizer is a graphical interface to configure the GRUB2/BURG settings and menuentries.
GRUB does not edit BCD (Windows Boot Configuration Data)!
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.
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. But nowadays LILO is not the bootloader for all situations. But LILO is longtime proved and stable.
Linux is not Windows. Windows BCD is a data store containing boot options for Windows.
rEFIt is a boot menu and maintenance toolkit for EFI-based machines like the Intel Macs. You can use it to boot multiple operating systems easily, including triple-boot setups with Boot Camp. It also provides an easy way to enter and explore the EFI pre-boot environment.
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.
BootIt is a boot manager. Visual BCD is only able to edit boot configuration data.
Bare Metal is far more than BCDEditor. Only requires electricity to run it. Not .NET or other bs.
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.
DualBootPro can edit only a small part of BCD.
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VBCDEdit is for EDITING of BCD storage for using it by WinLoader. While this tool doesn't touch this storage at all.