installing-windows-vm.md

🗔 Installing Windows on a VM

Please follow along the steps below to get the VM ready.

• Open Virtual Machine Manager and Start the Windows VM

If you encounter an OVMF/edk2 problem, check out OVMF Fix

Or you can enter the following command in terminal (only applicable this VM)

Ubuntu/Debian ➜ sudo cp /usr/share/OVMF/OVMF_CODE.fd /var/lib/libvirt/qemu/nvram/Windows10-default_VARS.fd

Fedora ➜ sudo cp /usr/share/edk2/ovmf/OVMF_CODE.fd /var/lib/libvirt/qemu/nvram/Windows10-default_VARS.fd

Arch ➜ sudo cp /usr/share/ovmf/x64/OVMF_VARS.fd /var/lib/libvirt/qemu/nvram/Windows10-default_VARS.fd

• Click inside the VM Window and press any key when asked.

• Select your language and keyboard input and click Next.

• Enter your product key now, or you can skip and enter your product key after installation.

• Selecting Windows 10 Pro N will install Windows 10 Pro without extra bloat.

Note: Choose Windows 10 Pro XXX or Enterprise if you need Hyper-V for Stealth VM.

• Select Custom Install (because the other one is useless)

• Click on Load Driver to install disk drivers.

• Double-Click on CD Drive virtio-win ➜ amd64 ➜ w10 and click OK.

• Just click Next to select the default one.

• Select Unallocated Space and click Next to begin the installation.

🎉 That's it, You have successfully installed Windows!