fdisk -l win10.img Expected output: A single NTFS partition starting at sector 2048.

Add to config:

vga: extension=vbe, update_freq=10 clock: sync=realtime, time0=local After creating win10.img , verify its partition table:

To mount on Linux (for file inspection):

fallocate -l 32G win10.img qemu-system-x86_64 -m 4096 -drive file=win10.img,format=raw -cdrom Win10.iso -boot d # Install Windows, then exit QEMU bochs -f win10.bxrc