Windows 8 Qcow2 !!exclusive!! -

: Open Device Manager and update any "Unknown Devices" by pointing them to the VirtIO CD-ROM. This typically includes the Ethernet Controller PCI Simple Communications Controller Guest Agent : Install the

To create a blank QCOW2 disk to install Windows 8 onto, you would use the qemu-img command: windows 8 qcow2

This is the cleanest method, typically used for KVM/QEMU environments. : Open Device Manager and update any "Unknown

Searching for "Windows 8 QCOW2" often leads to community repositories like SourceForge windows 8 qcow2

qemu-img create -f qcow2 win8.qcow2 30G

virsh snapshot-create-as windows8-vm pre-install-snapshot "Clean state before test"