Install Windows 10
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These are guidelines to install Windows 10 inside a  Ravada KVM Guest.


Requirements
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Installation sources
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The Windows 10 ISO image file is required:

Download it and copy them in the Ravada host server
at the directory */var/lib/libvirt/images* .

Virtual Machine features
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The guest should have more than 3 GB of RAM
You can increase it later if you want to keep it slim.

At least 30GB disk drive is required. A swap partition should also be
added when creating the virtual machine.

Create the Virtual Machine
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From the web management tools, go to "New Machine" and create
select the Windows 10 Template and the ISO image you just downloaded.

It may take a few minutes if it is the first Windows virtual machine
that is installed in this system. Ravada will download the additional
drivers ISO volume.

.. figure:: images/create_win10.png

When the machine is created start it from *Admin Tools menu*, click on
*Virtual Machines* to see a list. At the right there is a bunch of buttons.
Click on *view* to start and access the virtual machine console.

.. figure:: images/create_win10_view.png

   Start and View Virtual Machine


Setup
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.. include:: _windows_drivers.rst

Follow the usual procedure to install Windows10.         

.. include:: _windows_post.rst

Use a swap partition for pagefiles
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By default the Windows pagefiles will go to the C: disk drive. That will make the clones partitions
grow up too much and fill your host disk drive.
It should go to the *SWAP* volume, problaby in your D: or E: drive.

In this link you can see how to move pagefiles to another disk:

https://winaero.com/blog/how-to-move-page-file-in-windows-10-to-another-disk/