id = 599
title = "Q35: Windows BSOD running on 6.1.0"
state = "closed"
created_at = "2021-09-05T21:03:24.602Z"
closed_at = "2021-09-06T18:12:12.392Z"
labels = []
url = "https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/issues/599"
host-os = "Ubuntu 20.04, macOS 10.15"
host-arch = "x86"
qemu-version = "6.1.0"
guest-os = "Windows 7, other Windows"
guest-arch = "x86"
description = """Starting with QEMU 6.1.0, Windows no longer boots with Q35 (including `pc-q35-6.0` as well). When booting an existing Windows 7 installation, BSOD appears during boot (0x0000007B). If you try to install Windows from an ISO, the follow error appears when you try to start setup.

![Screen_Shot_2021-09-05_at_1.58.05_PM](/uploads/cfa04f25e9a8dc5ca8f201c87794b6c7/Screen_Shot_2021-09-05_at_1.58.05_PM.png)

Other people also reported similar issues booting Windows 10, as well as during use of Windows XP."""
reproduce = """Enter commands from above."""
additional = """This was not an issue in QEMU 6.0.0. I can reproduce it at `master`."""