While there is no official "Windows 10 Tao.qcow2" product, several community-shared
-c flag for compression:
qemu-img convert -c -O qcow2 "C:\original\windows10.qcow2" "C:\compressed\windows10_compressed.qcow2"
qemu-system-x86_64 \
-enable-kvm \
-cpu host \
-smp 4 \
-m 4096 \
-drive file=Win10_Tao.qcow2,format=qcow2 \
-net nic -net user \
-vga qxl
When downloading pre-configured OS images from unofficial sources, keep the following in mind: Security Risks
Verify any Google Drive links through community forums (like Reddit's r/selfhosted or r/homelab) where other users can confirm the safety of the source.
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