Why go through the trouble of setting this up? The primary driver is .
Visit (uupdump.net) and search for the latest Windows 10 ARM64 build. windows 10 arm qcow2
Open a terminal and run:
qemu-system-arm -M virt -cpu cortex-a53 -m 2048 -smp 2 -vnc :0 -device virtio-blk-device,drive=hd0 -drive id=hd0,file=windows10_arm.qcow2,format=qcow2 -cdrom <path_to_iso_file> Why go through the trouble of setting this up
After Windows installs, shut down the VM, remove the -drive line for the ISO, and reboot. drive=hd0 -drive id=hd0
If you choose to run Windows 11 ARM instead, be aware that Microsoft imposes TPM 2.0 and SecureBoot requirements. These can be bypassed using registry modifications during installation, but this adds an extra layer of complexity.
# Create an empty QCOW2 disk (e.g., 64GB) qemu-img create -f qcow2 win10-arm64.qcow2 64G