# Windows 10 VM - No bootable device

**URL:** https://forums.suse.com/t/windows-10-vm-no-bootable-device/20789
**Category:** SUSE Virtualization
**Created:** [July 25, 2021, 8:54pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/windows-10-vm-no-bootable-device/20789 "2021-07-25T20:54:11Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author: ![longwa](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/longwa/32/7809_2.png) [@longwa](https://forums.suse.com/u/longwa)
#### Post date: [July 25, 2021, 8:54pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/windows-10-vm-no-bootable-device/20789/1 "2021-07-25T20:54:11Z")

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Playing around with Harvester and wanted to create a Win10 VM. I downloaded the latest ISO and used the built-in windows template, but it doesn’t ever seem to be able to find the boot device:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/9/9c27490a7b0c3b46849b1b97ecbdf546421934b5.png)

I tried slipstreaming the VirtIO drivers into the ISO, but that didn’t seem to help either. Should this work or am I missing something simple?

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### Author: ![longwa](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/longwa/32/7809_2.png) [@longwa](https://forums.suse.com/u/longwa)
#### Post date: [July 25, 2021, 8:54pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/windows-10-vm-no-bootable-device/20789/2 "2021-07-25T20:54:47Z")

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The volumes look like this:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/9/9d005c76dccbd9fccd1b110060b01983234828c8.png)

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### Author: ![inmanturbo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/inmanturbo/32/7247_2.png) [@inmanturbo](https://forums.suse.com/u/inmanturbo)
#### Post date: [September 7, 2021, 9:05pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/windows-10-vm-no-bootable-device/20789/3 "2021-09-07T21:05:23Z")

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I doesn’t look like there is support yet for OVMF and UEFI firmware.

[https://www.tianocore.org/](https://www.tianocore.org/)

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### Author: ![nunix](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/nunix/32/8244_2.png) [@nunix](https://forums.suse.com/u/nunix)
#### Post date: [January 5, 2022, 2:38pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/windows-10-vm-no-bootable-device/20789/4 "2022-01-05T14:38:51Z")

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Hi,

I don’t know if you still face this issue or not, but with Harvester 1.0.0 and custom settings for the firmware, the Windows 10 VM can boot on UEFI.

Let me know if you need directions for running it.

Best regards,  
Nuno

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### Author: ![A\_E](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/a_e/32/11542_2.png) [@A\_E](https://forums.suse.com/u/A_E)
#### Post date: [September 18, 2024, 7:24pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/windows-10-vm-no-bootable-device/20789/5 "2024-09-18T19:24:19Z")

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It’s 2024 and I’m having essentially the same problem.

I didn’t use the template becasue the docker registry listed on the container under volumes doesn’t resolve to a maintained SUSE site (everything moved to Fedora’s virtio). I also tried using EFI, it says it cannot find the drives (I’ve added virtio as one of the drives), I can’t get to install.

When I run it in GPT mode, it just keeps going through the initial install wizard, I can add a disk, and then it gets to the second install step, about 2% in and restarts. Then I go to restart and it reloads the install wizard, but even sees the 50MB reserved partition. It just never gets past initial start up. Config is as follows:

8 CPU  
20GB RAM  
100GB Windows10 ISO volume from cd-rom  
5GB virtio volume from cd-rom  
500GB disk using longhorn

EFI/GPT have both been tried. No luck.

What am I missing here?

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### Author: ![rrajendran17](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/rrajendran17/32/11570_2.png) [@rrajendran17](https://forums.suse.com/u/rrajendran17)
#### Post date: [October 7, 2024, 9:09pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/windows-10-vm-no-bootable-device/20789/6 "2024-10-07T21:09:35Z")

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On harvester v1.3.1, following the steps from this doc, I am able to create a windows vm successfully.Can you try this ?

> **[Create a Windows Virtual Machine | Harvester](https://docs.harvesterhci.io/v1.4/vm/create-windows-vm/)**
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> Create one or more Windows virtual machines from the Virtual Machines page.
