Windows 7.qcow2 Download- -
Need a .vmdk or .vdi instead? Use qemu-img convert:
# To VMDK (VMware)
qemu-img convert -f qcow2 windows7.qcow2 -O vmdk windows7.vmdk
Convert your raw installation into a compressed, optimized .qcow2: Windows 7.qcow2 Download-
qemu-img convert -c -O qcow2 windows7.qcow2 windows7-compressed.qcow2
The -c flag enables compression, often reducing a 40GB image to 5-8GB, depending on installed software. Need a
qemu-system-x86_64 -enable-kvm -m 4096 -smp 2 \
-drive file=windows7.qcow2,format=qcow2,if=virtio \
-netdev user,id=net0 -device virtio-net-pci,netdev=net0
