The install. wim file is not installed on the WIN8 hard disk. The solution is as follows: the official win8 version is not installed on the hard disk like Windows 7, because the install. wim file is not in ISO, but the install. esd file. Is installation inconvenient? Www.2cto.com solution: 1) enter the PE, format the C drive, and copy the boot folder, sources folder, efi folder, and bootmgr in the WIN8 directory to the C drive root directory. Then exit and restart the computer. You can boot and install Windows 8. Note that the partition is installed on the drive C and cannot be formatted !! Extract the installation file to a non-system root directory. 2) Enter PE, format an empty disk (if the drive letter is M), and copy the boot folder, sources folder, efi folder, and bootmgr in the WIN8 directory to the M Disk. Then, modify the M Disk as the first boot disk, that is, set the M Disk as the active partition. Restart your computer to enter the normal installation mode. Key points of the above two methods: copy the boot folder, sources folder, efi folder, and bootmgr in the WIN8 directory to an empty disk, and set the disk as an active partition, it is the first boot disk of the disk. Restart your computer to enter the normal installation mode. 3) Use NT6.