Description of problem: At http://www.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/5.5/html/Virtualization_Guide/form-Virtualization-Installing_the_KVM_Windows_para_virtualized_drivers-Using_KVM_para_virtualized_drivers_for_existing_devices.html 2. Change the entry to use the para-virtualized device by modifying the bus= entry to virtio. <disk type='file' device='disk'> <source file='/var/lib/libvirt/images/disk1.img'/> <target dev='hda' bus='virtio'/> </disk> ^^^ "hda" need to changed to "vda" as below. <disk type='file' device='disk'> <source file='/var/lib/libvirt/images/disk1.img'/> <target dev='vda' bus='virtio'/> </disk> ^^^ Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Actual results: Expected results: Additional info: