Windows 8.1 erased and will not install.

I successfully installed windows 8.1 to my laptop in-between 7 pm - 11 pm August 9th of 2014, then in-between 6 am - 8 am August 10th of 2014 my
laptops power cord unpluged on its own as usual and died. I then powered up my laptop and it said the laptop was not shut down properly. Once
i got it back on and working, my operating system was back to windows 7. So I tried to install windows 8.1 once again but it fails each time.
Below is my installation process step by step:
I put in my windows 8.1 installation disk.
I run my windows 8.1 installation disk.
I then enter my correct windows 8.1 product key "XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX"
Wait for windows to verify product key, which is verified every attempt.
I proceed,
It asks me if I want to keep personal files or keep nothing,
I choose to keep my personal files,
I click next,
I then agree to the license agreement,
I click install,
Installation begins,
And then at 51% (on all of my attempts) a notification box appears stating that my installation of windows 8.1 has failed and below text is a "OK" button which you have to click to go back to your
desktop.
There is no information on why windows failed.
I don't understand why this is happening. What could be causing my windows 8.1 to fail installation?

Hi,
Please share more details about your issue for us to offer a better assistance.
1. What do you mean about “Once i got it back on and working, my operating system was back to windows 7. ”
2. Do you rollback to Windows 7 after your failing to install Windows 8.1?
Please refer to the following article for troubleshooting.
Windows Setup Log Files and Event Logs
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh824819.aspx
Please upload us the log under $windows.~bt\Sources\Rollback in onedrive and post us the link here.
Best regards

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