Qcow2 Top: Windows 7

QCOW2 (QEMU Copy-On-Write 2) isn’t just any disk format. For Windows 7 VMs, it offers:

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Standard Windows 7 installers do not include drivers for high-performance virtualized hardware (VirtIO). To ensure the installer "sees" the virtual disk, you must load these drivers during setup. windows 7 qcow2 top