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Set to none or writeback for the fastest I/O throughput.

Disable them via services.msc .

| Configuration | Sequential Read (MB/s) | Sequential Write (MB/s) | 4K Random Read (IOPS) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | raw disk (passthrough) | 520 | 480 | 12k | | qcow2 (default cache=none) | 310 | 280 | 8k | | qcow2 (optimal: writeback+queues) | 490 | 450 | 11.5k |

This command creates a 40GB qcow2 image file named windows7.qcow2 . The -f qcow2 flag specifies the format.

If you are facing specific performance issues, I can provide more details on: Comparing qcow2 vs raw image performance. Tuning libvirt XML for specific CPU models. Fixing slow network performance with VirtIO. Let me know what your current bottleneck is! Windows 7.qcow2 - Google Groups

Mastering Your Legacy Lab: Building the Perfect Windows 7 QCOW2 Image

(after shutting down VM):

QCOW2 (QEMU Copy-On-Write 2) isn’t just any disk format. For Windows 7 VMs, it offers:

Run powercfg -h off in an elevated command prompt to instantly delete hiberfil.sys and save gigabytes of disk space.

: Increasing the cluster size from the default 64KB to 2MB reduces metadata overhead and significantly improves disk performance for Windows NTFS file systems.