system windows 10 and Ubuntu 18.04 dual boot. Can I use a bootable windows 10 drive as qemu/kvm guest and not give up the ability to dual boot?
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In pure theory, yes. In practicality, no. Note that I say "in practicality, no", because the virtualized environment will have different hardware and drivers which your Windows 10 will not have, and as such it will not behave as you expect it to.– Thomas Ward ♦Aug 19, 2018 at 16:32
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I vaguely remember making WinXP to run from raw disk with KVM, but don't remember details or results. Anyway, you might be interested in this question/answer– Hi-AngelAug 19, 2018 at 16:33
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Even if you solve the driver issue, the (virtual) hardware will be so different that Windows will claim (not without reason) that it is not genuine. You'll have to reactivate Windows every time you switch back and forth, and MS will eventually stop allowing it. Then you're stuck with a Windows installation you won't be able to use at all.– Michael HamptonAug 20, 2018 at 19:05
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