Click to install the driver. Your QCOW2 virtual hard drive will instantly appear, allowing you to proceed with the standard Windows installation steps. Step 4: Post-Installation Driver Setup
If you would like to expand this deployment workflow, please let me know: Windows 10.qcow2
# Create base image qemu-img create -f qcow2 windows10_base.qcow2 64G Click to install the driver
qemu-img create -f qcow2 Windows10.qcow2 80G | Feature | Windows 10
The best feature of using Windows 10.qcow2 over raw images is snapshots.
| Feature | Windows 10.qcow2 | Windows 10.raw | Windows 10.vhdx | | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | | | Native, fast | No (requires external differencing) | Yes (slow) | | Space Efficiency | Sparse | Sparse (raw raw) | Sparse | | Performance | 95% of raw | 100% (baseline) | 90% | | Portability | QEMU/Libvirt only | Universal | Hyper-V/Windows | | Compression | Built-in ( -c flag) | External ( gzip ) | Native |
Then inside Windows, extend the partition using or diskpart .