How to load windows 8 on Imac 2008

Hi i am having trouble loading windows 8 on mac as apparently the system Imac 2008 ie too old. I had successfylly loaded it and upgraded from xp but mac support recommended i delete the partition as i also had the old operating system. Problem now that i have deleted the partition i can now longer load windows 8. Worked perfeclty before but like an idiot i listened to mac support. any ideas on how i can reload.

Windows 8 is not supported on 2008 iMac. No drivers.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5634

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