Windows 8 Qcow2 !!link!! -

: The disk image file only takes up space on the host as data is written to it, rather than pre-allocating the full disk size immediately.

Windows 8 QCOW2 images are virtual disk files that combine the legacy Windows 8 operating system with the advanced storage capabilities of the QEMU Copy-On-Write (QCOW) format. This combination is primarily used in enterprise virtualization environments like OpenStack and Proxmox to run legacy applications while maintaining modern storage efficiency. windows 8 qcow2

qemu-system-x86_64 \ -enable-kvm \ -cpu host \ -smp 4 \ -m 4096 \ -drive file=win8.qcow2,format=qcow2,if=virtio \ -drive file=Win8_ISO.iso,media=cdrom \ -drive file=virtio-win.iso,media=cdrom \ -netdev user,id=net0 \ -device virtio-net-pci,netdev=net0 \ -vga qxl \ -display spice-app : The disk image file only takes up

Boot Windows and use Disk Management ( diskmgmt.msc ) to "Extend Volume" into the newly unallocated space. qemu-system-x86_64 \ -enable-kvm \ -cpu host \ -smp