Fixing Slow Windows VM boot on Proxmox KVM with balloon driver Rumi, June 18, 2020 Download the Win-Virtio Driver and load it on VM CDRom Drive. Download can be found here: https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Windows_VirtIO_Drivers Now install the Virtio Balloon driver AND the Balloon service in the guest as follows: Open Device Manager and see if there is an unknown PCI device. If so, right click it and… Continue Reading