Windows: 8 Qcow2 [repack]

The VirtIO network driver for gigabit-speed LAN bridging.

Inside the virtual machine, mount the virtio-win.iso and run virtio-win-guest-tools.exe . This installs: VirtIO Network Drivers (for higher network throughput). Ballooning drivers (for efficient memory management). QEMU guest agent (for better management). B. Compress the Image windows 8 qcow2

If your QCOW2 image file has grown bloated, you can shrink its physical footprint on the host system. The VirtIO network driver for gigabit-speed LAN bridging

fsutil behavior set DisableDeleteNotify 0 windows 8 qcow2