: Essential for the installer to recognize QCOW2 drives. Download the latest "stable" virtio-win ISO from the Fedora Project. 1. Create the QCOW2 Virtual Disk
virtio-win-guest-tools.exe from the mounted VirtIO ISO. This installs:
: The hypervisor that manages the virtual hardware. 1. Create the qcow2 Disk Image windows 81 qcow2 install
: BIOS is often more stable for 8.1 than UEFI in many QEMU versions. CPU : Set to host-passthrough for better performance. Disk Bus : Set to VirtIO . Network (NIC) : Set to VirtIO . Second CD-ROM : Mount the VirtIO drivers ISO here. 4. Installation Procedure How to install Windows 8.1 in QEMU - Computernewb Wiki The Ultimate Guide: How to Install Windows 8