Help with clean Windows 8.1 install Yoga 2 Pro

Hey guys,
I purchased a Yoga 2 Pro about 4 months ago as a secondary computer for college. I've been a Mac user for most of my life, and was intersted in learning more about the Windows ecosystem. While messing around in the partition settings, I must have made a mistake, and deleted a partition. I've been trying to follow this guide from the forums, and have the PBR_DRV partition and a "Drive 0 Unallocated Space", as per the walkthrough, but I'm not able to install Windows 8.1 on the "Unallocated Space" from a flash drive. An error with a different code appears everytime. Could anyone help?
http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/Idea-Windows-based-Tablets-and/Guide-Windows-8-1-PRO-RTM-clean-install-o...

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