Free Visual BCD Editor Alternatives

The best free alternative to Visual BCD Editor is GRUB, which is also Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 10 alternatives to Visual BCD Editor and 12 is free so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free alternatives to Visual BCD Editor are EasyBCD, Bootice, Grub Customizer and EasyUEFI.

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Visual BCD Editor - advanced GUI version of bcdedit utility. Automatic boot loader creation - Windows 7|Vista|XP|VHD. Fix...

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GRUB
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Free • Open Source
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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 Visual BCD Editor.
- - GRUB is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Visual BCD Editor.
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GRUB Features
Customizable
Text-based
USB to NTFS
Zero configuration
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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.
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GRUB does not allow for editing of the BCD store
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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
Comments about EasyBCD as a Alternative to Visual BCD Editor
Most users think EasyBCD is a great Visual BCD Editor alternative.
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Visual BCD Editor is a complete BCD Editor. EasyBCD is able to edit only a small portion of BCD.
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Bootice
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Free • Proprietary
Boot Manager
Windows
7 Bootice alternatives
Bootice - utility to modify or backup/restore your MBR (Master Boot Record) or PBR (Partition Boot Record).
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Bootice Features
1. PortableBootice can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
2. Command line interfaceBootice either have CLI support or is a CLI-only app.
MBR
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Author's website no longer exists, software can still be downloaded from third party sites.

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Almost everyone thinks Bootice is a great Visual BCD Editor alternative.
Grub Customizer
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Free • Open Source
Boot Manager
Linux
17 Grub Customizer alternatives
Grub Customizer is a graphical interface to configure the GRUB2/BURG settings and menuentries.
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Grub Customizer Features
UEFI Support
Configurable
Customizable
MBR
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GRUB does not edit BCD (Windows Boot Configuration Data)!
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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
Linux Loader
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Free • Open Source
Boot Manager
Linux
20 Linux Loader alternatives
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.
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Linux is not Windows. Windows BCD is a data store containing boot options for Windows.
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rEFIt
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Free • Open Source
Boot Manager
Mac
22 rEFIt alternatives
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.
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rEFIt is no longer maintained since 2013. The author suggested to check out rEFInd - Boot Manager , a fork of the original program.
Yaboot
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Free • Open Source
Boot Manager
Linux
14 Yaboot alternatives
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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burg
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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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The project is no longer maintained. Last version, released on 18 October 2010, can be still downloaded from Google Code.
Chimera
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Free • Open Source
Boot Manager
Mac
20 Chimera alternatives
Chimera is a Hackintosh bootloader that merges the best features from various branches of Chameleon bootloader, into a new branch based on the latest Chameleon 2.0 RC5 trunk version. It is designed for maximum compatibility across platforms.
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BellaVista
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Free • Proprietary
Windows
4 BellaVista alternatives
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...
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BellaVista can edit only small part of BCD.
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Dabid's Multiboot
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Free • Proprietary
Boot Manager
Windows
5 Dabid's Multiboot alternatives
Dabid's Multiboot is a GUI substitute for bootcfg, popular in France.

This tool works as a simplified editor for the boot.ini file (where settings for WinNT built-in boot loader NTLDR are stored); as such it can boot a computer with multiple copies/versions of Windows. You.
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Dabid's Multiboot Features
1. PortableDabid's Multiboot can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
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