Installing Hyper-v Windows Server 2008 R2 on to Windows 8.1 Pro

Question

I downloaded a 180 day trial hyper-v Windows 2008 R2 version to my Windows 8.1 Pro system.  I have 16 GB of Ram, and my system is an i7-4700HQ CPU @ 2.40Ghz.  Hyper-v manager is running, and I can click action, new virtual machine, and I can
give it a name.  I have chosen to install the virtual machine on my D: drive.  It is an empty 400GB basic partition, except the swap file is located here (system managed).  I used Generation1 for the virtual machine, and gave it a startup memory
of 2000MB, which was suggested on another website.  On configuring the network connection, I left it as Not Connected - plan to change later.  On connecting the virtual hard disk, I was not certain what to do between the 3 selections.  Default,
Create a virtual hard disk, Use an existing virtual hard disk, or Attach a virtual hard disk later.  I chose the default, "Create a virtual hard disk" because it is a new virtual machine.  On Installation Options, I tried the "Install
an operating system from a bootable  CD/DVD-ROM.  The 180 day trial was copied to this CD.  When starting the virtual machine, I received boot failed message, so I deleted the virtual machine in Hyper-v manager and associated folders on D.  
I don't know what to do next?  Should I try to import a virtual machine from a configuration file somehow?

Answer 1

You cannot install Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 on Windows 8.1  (it sounds like that is what you are trying to do).
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/abfc0b3f-7408-4d9c-a467-ff2318802730/installing-windows-server-2008-in-hyperv-and-accessing-from-same-machine-running-windows-81?forum=w8itprovirt
You can install Server 2008 R2 in a VM.  Attaching the ISO to the VM and booting should work just fine - or download an evaluation VHD and then attach the evaluation VHD to your VM and boot.
Brian Ehlert
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