Windows 10.qcow2 ((full)) 🆕

"Windows 10.qcow2" file is a virtual disk image that allows you to run the Windows 10 operating system within a virtual machine (VM). The (QEMU Copy-on-Write 2) format is the standard for the

| Operation | Raw (s) | Qcow2 (s) | |-----------|--------|-----------| | Windows boot | 11.2 | 13.5 | | Sequential write (1GB) | 0.8 | 1.1 | | Snapshot create | N/A | 0.4 | | Snapshot revert | N/A | 0.6 | Windows 10.qcow2

Shrink (requires careful process)

# Inside Windows: shrink volume using diskmgmt.msc
# Then:
qemu-img resize Windows\ 10.qcow2 --shrink 100G

Backup: Always use qemu-img snapshot before making major registry or update changes to your Windows 10 image. "Windows 10