If you need to deploy many Windows 8.1 QCOW2 instances, integrate Cloudbase-Init:
For Windows 8.1, which has a large footprint but often leaves significant free space, QCOW2 offers:
qemu-img convert -f raw -O qcow2 Windows8.1.raw windows81.qcow2
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