For many, Windows 7 represents the "golden age" of Windows—a bridge between the clunky past and the telemetry-heavy future.
Start the VM and attach both the Windows 7 ISO and the VirtIO driver ISO. It is critical to use the VirtIO bus for the disk to ensure peak performance. virt-install --name win7-vm \ --ram windows 7qcow2
You can launch the installation using virt-install or raw qemu-system-x86_64 commands. For many, Windows 7 represents the "golden age"