Windows Xp Qcow2 Hot!

Windows XP remains one of the most beloved operating systems in history. While Microsoft ended support in 2014, there are legitimate reasons to run it today—software retro-compatibility, nostalgia, or IT forensics.

To install XP from an ISO, you need to pass the ISO as a CD-ROM and the QCOW2 as the primary drive.

qemu-img snapshot -a clean_install winxp.qcow2 windows xp qcow2

qemu-system-x86_64 -drive file=winxp.qcow2,format=qcow2,if=ide -m 1024 -vga cirrus -netdev user,id=net0 -device e1000,netdev=net0

What are you using? (e.g., Proxmox, pure QEMU/KVM, libvirt/virt-manager) Windows XP remains one of the most beloved

qemu-img convert -O qcow2 windows_xp.qcow2 compressed_xp.qcow2 Use code with caution. Creating a Snapshot

After Windows XP is fully installed:

You can save the "state" of your XP machine before making risky changes.

If you already have a Windows XP VM in another format (like a from VMware or from VirtualBox), you can convert it to QCOW2: From VMDK: qemu-img convert -f vmdk -O qcow2 image.vmdk winxp.qcow2 qemu-img convert -f vdi -O qcow2 image.vdi winxp.qcow2 5. Managing Snapshots qemu-img snapshot -a clean_install winxp