Grub2Win (original) (raw)
** New - Arabic and Brazil Portuguese **
Safely multiboot Windows and Linux systems.
Grub2Win is a Windows application.
Configure Grub boot screens and options directly from Windows.
Completely free and open source.
All modules are SSL signed for your security.
Supports Windows 11, 10, 8, 7 and XP.
Use your own .jpg files to create and customize background wallpaper.
Grub2Win boots GNU Grub version 2.12 code. Everything installs to a 30 MB directory on your Windows C: drive.
Automatically generates config files for PhoenixOS, Android, Ubuntu, Debian, Suse, Fedora, Manjaro, Mint, OpenCore, POSROG and Windows. You can import Linux config files for Chrome and most other distributions.
You can enter your own custom commands for each menu entry.
Grub2Win began in 2010. It has been downloaded more than 1.6 million times in 180 countries.
If you find Grub2Win useful, please consider making a small donation to be used for hardware and testing
Features
- Supports both 64 and 32 bit EFI as well as BIOS firmware.
- Installs to Windows 11, 10, 8, 7 and XP.
- Requires just one directory on the Windows C: drive, about 30 MB disk space.
- Works with all languages. Help is available in 33 languages.
- Simple Windows GUI easily sets up Grub2Win in seconds.
- Lets you set your EFI firmware boot order from within Windows.
- Preview and customize the 9 included wallpaper images. Use your own .jpg files to create and customize wallpaper images.
- Works with all filesystems including Mac hfs and Btrfs.
- Can search for and boot a partition by it's UUID or label. Supports advanced scripting.
- Works with both GPT and MBR disks - up to 128 primary partitions per drive.
- Supports extremely large (over 40 TB) disks and partitions.
- Automatically generates config files for Windows, PhoenixOS, Android, Ubuntu, Debian, Suse, Fedora, Manjaro, Mint, OpenCore, POSROG and more.
- Import config files for Chrome and most other Linux distributions.
- Grub customization is done from Windows - Configuration in Linux is not required.
- Includes open source GNU Grub 2.12 boot modules and libraries. Frequent releases and enhancements.
- No adware or spyware - No hassles... It just works.
License
GNU General Public License version 3.0 (GPLv3)
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User Ratings
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User Reviews
Excellent Program This allowed me to dualboot Windows 10 and Linux Mint. Since after installing Linuxmint the grub didn't appear. After installing this program it worked like a charm. Saved me a lot of time.
1 user found this review helpful.The program works great and I have had no issues so far.
Grub2Win is a very useful tool, several of my projects use it.
Windows Defender and Avast both say it had a trojan, but after reading the forum I decided to install it on a VM and see. Alas, no trojan. I previously installed and since uninstalled BlissOS , which installed grub. Grub2Win doesn't seem to be able to overtake the existing grub, as it continues to appear, not containing Phoenix, my current OS of choice. I seem to be the only one having problems with it so I won't rate it low, but no, it doesnt work for me.
1 user found this review helpful.I use Grub2Win for multi boot of Win10 and 2 different versions releases of Linux Mint (viz 20.0 and also latest 20.3). I have been using it since Apr2021 version 2.2.1.6. Now 25 updates later we are at version 2.3.2.9. The design is "retro" FROM THE GOOD OLD DAYS. That's fine by me. "If it ain't broken why fix it"... I gave you a 5* rating because: - it always just works. - Updates are reliable and don't break things from one release to the next. That is SO IMPORTANT! - the start menu is customisable. I use my own favourite screen background. Thank you Dave Pickens and team for a reliable product that just works. Raphael Read more reviews >
Additional Project Details
Operating Systems
Intended Audience
Advanced End Users
User Interface
Win32 (MS Windows)
Programming Language
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2012-08-06