Free Windows Boot Manager: PLoP
There are situations when you need to boot multiple operating systems (OS) alongside Windows. Usually, the operation of booting into a different OS than Windows can be performed manually via computer BIOS, by switching the boot sequence corresponding to the device (CD, DVD, USB drive) which contains a preinstalled version of the desired OS. A simpler alternative is provided by, PLoP Boot Manager, a free software that will allow you to bypass the BIOS menu and visually select the desired booting device or hard drive partition.
PLoP Boot Manager is compatible with Linux boot loaders like GRUB, LILO, Syslinus and Windows operating system. It is capable to manage the booting of a certain operating system installed on a DVD, CD, USB drive, floppy disk or hard drive partition, before Windows booting and without the need to enter the BIOS menu.
Therefore PLoP Boot Manager offers support for different profiles for the desired operating systems and allows you to define up to 16 partitions. The boot manager does not require an extra partition.
PLoP Boot Manager is also capable to hide partitions, to protect with password the computer access, to backup the partition table data and many other actions.
Because you can start PLoP Boot Manager from Windows boot menu, it is useful especially in case of older computers which do not have an option to boot into certain devices like USB drives or when you do not have access to computer BIOS menu.
The boot manager is easy to setup from within Windows in a few steps described in detail on PLoP Boot Manager official website.
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