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Install Windows 10/11 as Unraid Virtual Machine

This will guide you through the setup of a Windows 10/11 machine as an Unraid Virtual Machine.

VM Settings

Autostart: No
Name: windows 11
Description: Windows 11
CPU Mode: Host Passthrough
Logical CPUs: 4/12 5/13 6/14 7/15
Internal Memory: 8192
Max Memory: 8192
Machine: Q35-7.2
BIOS: OVMF TPM
Hyper-V: Yes
USB Controller: 3.0 (qemu XHCI)
OS Install ISO: select the Win 10/11 iso
OS Install CDRom Bus: SATA
VirtIO Drivers ISO: select the virtio-win iso
VirtIO Drivers CDRom Bus: SATA
Primary vDisk Location: Auto if on the array, below options for ssd
- /mnt/disks/samsung_vm/windows11/vdisk1.img –> This one is vDisk on SSD (Current setup uses this)
- /dev/disk/by-id/ata-“ID OF DRIVE” –> This one is passthrough
Primary vDisk Size: 100G
Primary vDisk Type: raw
Primary vDisk Bus: VirtIO if on the array, below options for ssd
- VirtIO –> This one is vDisk on SSD (Current setup uses this)
- SATA –> This one is passthrough
Graphics Card: VNC
VNC Video Driver: QXL (best)
VNC Password: leave this blank (or set password if concerned folks will get access to unraid!)
VNC Keyboard: English-United States
Sound Card: none
Network MAC: whatever it is
Network Bridge: br0
USB Devices: none
Other PCI Devices: none

Boot up VM and boot from CD (it might put you in shell mode, just type exit, then reboot and press any key to boot from CD)
Click on Load driver to be able to see the virtual disk you want to install on
- Select Browse
- Expand E drive
- Expand viostor
- Expand Win10/11
- Select AMD64
- Select next
Select Disk and click next
Install will finish then reboot
I don't have internet/continue with limited setup. On the new Win 11 iso there is no option for “I don't have internet” without the following steps:
- Press Shift+F10
- type: OOBE\BYPASSNRO
- computer will restart now with the “I don't have internet” option
- profit
Full Name: Dirk Rockface
Uncheck all the customize tracking things
Let install finish
Right click on WIN→Device Manager
- Right click on Microsoft Basic Display Adapter
  - Update Driver
  - Browse
  - Browse
  - Select E drive
  - OK
  - Install
- Do same for Ethernet controller and the two PCI things
click on E drive→guest-agent→qemu-ga-x64
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