By following this guide and applying the recommended optimizations like KVM acceleration and VirtIO drivers, you can create a secure, high-performance Windows 10 environment that feels native and is perfectly suited for legacy applications, development, and daily productivity tasks on your Linux machine.
(Optional) Repeat the process for NetKVM (network driver) and Balloon (dynamic memory driver) to ensure complete peripheral integration. 4. Storage Performance Tuning windows 10qcow2
When a file is deleted inside Windows 10, the space is marked as free within the NTFS allocation map, but the underlying host QCOW2 file remains inflated. To shrink the file dynamically, you must pass storage discard operations from the guest down to the host storage stack. By following this guide and applying the recommended