Windows 10.qcow2 [upd] Jun 2026

Open a terminal and use the qemu-img command to create the image. The format is:

is that it tends to "bloat" over time. Even if you delete files in Windows, the file on your host remains large. Sparsifying: You can "shrink" the image back down by using virt-sparsify Windows 10.qcow2

(the file only uses as much physical space as the data it contains) and Common Use Cases: This specific file is typically used to run Windows 10 as a Virtual Machine (VM) on platforms like Proxmox VE UTM for macOS Storage Path: Open a terminal and use the qemu-img command

The resulting windows10_compressed.qcow2 file is now fully optimized and ready to serve as a baseline template across your cluster. Deploying Your .qcow2 File on Proxmox VE Windows 10.qcow2