How do I wipe Win 8.1 64 from a SSD to clean install Win 7 64?

My HHD crashed on my Pavilion m6. Laptop was out of warranty, so I decided to go with a SSD. I only had a copy of Win 8 to install, so I could use my laptop while waiting for a copy of Win 7 Home Premium OEM from Amazon.
Within that week I had the new SSD installed with Win 8. The system wanted to update to 8.1, which I did. My intent was to ultimatly uninstall Win 8.1 from the new SSD and install Win 7 which the laptop originaly was designed for. My problem is I now have the copy of Win 7 and when I install it doesn't seem to connect to the network during installation so I get no drivers automaticly installed. I have tried the installation connected by LAN and Wirelessly with the same results, no network drivers installed.
I reinstalled Win 8 again with no problems so I don't think it is a faulty network adapter in my laptop. Now I am out the money I spent on the OEM copy of Win 7 because my system only wants to install properly on Win 8.1. Any suggestions?

m6-1035dx
Install process never asks to install drivers. Now when I reinstall Windows 8 it's almost like everythig is still installed. Even the wallpaper. I have deleted all the partitions when trying to reinstall Win 7 but it's like remnants of the Win 8 install still remain.

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