Mastering Proxmox - Third Edition

VirtIO bus type for Windows VMs

VirtIO disk images are automatically recognized by Linux VMs since all Linux flavors come equipped with VirtIO drivers. Windows operating systems, however, do not. We can follow two methods to use the VirtIO disk type with Windows.

First, download the VirtIO drivers for Windows in ISO format from the following link:

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Windows_Virtio_Drivers

After downloading the ISO image file, simply upload it to a storage attached to Proxmox so we can make it available to any VM. Note that the ISO image holds drivers for not just the VirtIO disk device but also the VirtIO network interface.