Windows 7 Qcow2 ^new^ ⟶

Are you planning to run a architecture of Windows 7? Share public link

. During the "Where do you want to install Windows?" step, click Load Driver Windows 7 Qcow2

Windows 7 expects its disk to honor flush commands. Qcow2 caches writes. To prevent corruption: Are you planning to run a architecture of Windows 7

From (VMDK):

: Windows 7 is end‑of‑life (EOL). Use only in isolated/offline environments. For production, consider a modern Windows version. Windows 7 Qcow2

One of the best features of the QCOW2 format is portability. If you have an old VirtualBox ( .vdi ) or VMware ( .vmdk ) Windows 7 machine, you can convert it to QCOW2 easily: