Top 15 Grub2Win Alternative and Similar Softwares | Dec 2024

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 GUI and instructions will help you get Grub booting quickly and safely. Messages and help can be displayed in your native language.

1. Bootice

Bootice Bootice - utility to modify or backup/restore your MBR (Master Boot Record) or PBR (Partition Boot Record). With Bootice, you can easily change your MBR/PBR to another type. Supported boot records are: Grub4DOS, SysLinux, PLoP Boot Manager, MS NT52/60, .... For example, with this utility, you can install Grub4DOS to......

2. rEFInd

rEFInd 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 first starts up, as shown......

3. Partita 2000

Partita 2000 Partita 2000 is a tiny boot manager with a Y2K patch for old BIOSes. It features a timed autoboot and can automatically change partition type to hidden for selected partitions when loading a given OS.......

4. Grub Customizer

Grub Customizer Grub Customizer is a graphical interface to configure the GRUB2/BURG settings and menuentries.......

5. GRUB for DOS

GRUB for DOS GRUB for DOS is an universal boot loader based on GNU GRUB. It can boot various OSes (some directly, some using their standard boot managers) on different media (HDD, CD/DVD, external USB devices, etc).......

6. Extended Operating System Loader

Extended Operating System Loader 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.Some features...- customizable GUI with a resolution of up to 1600x1200 (includes a font converter)- mouse and keyboard support; hotkeys- password protected......

7. EasyBCD

EasyBCD 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 into Linux, Mac OS X, or BSD straight from......

8. iReboot

iReboot 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. Instead of pressing restart, waiting for Windows to shut down, waiting for your BIOS to......

9. BURG

BURG 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. It also has a highly configurable menu system which works in both text and graphic mode.......

10. Visual BCD Editor

Visual BCD Editor 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.......

11. BootIt Next Generation

BootIt Next Generation BootIt Next Generation is a boot manager, partition manager and drive image utility. It combines the features of several standalone products costing hundreds of dollars more. * Compatible with all Windows versions (9x/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista/2008/Win7/Servers) * Compatible with x64 (AMD64/EM64T) and Windows 64bit OS (non-GPT) * IEEE1394/USB 2.0 high-speed support for......

12. Boot-Up Manager

Boot-Up Manager is a Perl-Gtk2 application to handle runlevels configuration of any debian derivative system. With this program the user will easily start and stop boot-up scripts, without the necessity to handle thru complex links and permissions.......

13. BootIt Bare Metal

BootIt Bare Metal 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. Manage your partitions, install and boot multiple operating systems with ease, back up and restore partitions or entire drives –......

14. PLoP Boot Manager

PLoP Boot Manager The PLoP Boot Manager is a small program to boot different operating systems. You can boot the operating systems from harddisk, floppy, CD/DVD or from USB. You can start the boot manager from floppy, CD, network and there are many more ways to start the boot manager. You can install......

15. Boot-US

Boot-US Boot-US is an universal boot manager. It allows you to easily use of all your existing operating systems completely independent of each other. The boot manager can be comfortably installed directly under Windows.......