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| Problem | Solution | |--------|----------| | VM runs out of space after update | Resize QCOW2: qemu-img resize win11.qcow2 +20G then extend partition in Windows | | Update fails with 0x800f0830 | Increase RAM to 4GB+ and CPU cores to 2+ | | VM becomes slow after many updates | Convert QCOW2 to raw and back: qemu-img convert -O qcow2 win11.qcow2 win11-fresh.qcow2 | | TPM error (Windows 11 requires TPM 2.0) | Add swtpm to VM: --tpm model=tpm-tis,backend=emulator,version=2.0 | windows 11 qcow2 download best upd
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You can then convert this ISO to .qcow2 during the VM setup. 3. Alternative: Convert Existing VHDX Alternative: Convert Existing VHDX
