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07-26-2024 06:38 AM
Unfortunately, what you want to do is not possible.
There are no W8.1 Intel storage controller drivers that will allow W8.1 to find the hard drive.
There are no graphics, audio, or Wi-Fi drivers either.
Probably a lot of other drivers don't exist as well.
But it doesn't matter since you won't get past the part where Windows can't find a drive to install on.
07-26-2024 06:52 AM
There may be a problem as there are no drivers available for Windows 8
It used to be here but Microsoft has removed it and I do not recommend using any download other then the official one
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows8ISO
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