"Windows 8.1 installation has failed"

Downloaded the Enterprise iso of 8.1 from the Volume Licensing site. Currently running Windows 8 64 bit Enterprise. Downloaded 8.1 64 bit
enterprise. Mounted iso, ran setup, after licensing agreement and choosing data migration options received the error "Windows 8.1 installation has failed" . Googled around, and didn't see this exact problem. There is no error code,
nothing in the logs, nothing at all. Just the message "Windows 8.1 installation has failed". Tried several downloads of the iso, on multiple Windows 8 boxes.
Could a group policy setting, or something else related to these machines being on a domain be causing our issues? If not, the lack of error codes is making the issue next to impossible to debug.
Anyone out there able to help?
Thanks
p.s. already verified that update kb2871389 was installed.

Hi,
Which log did you checked, could you find the setup.etl file in %WINDIR%\Panther?
It should have $windows.~bt\Sources\Panther log file. please check it.
You can refer to the link below for more details about Windows 8 installation log.
Windows Setup Log Files and Event Logs:http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh824819.aspx
If problem persists, I would like to suggest you to make a clean install on other drive for test, to make sure this problem was not caused by hardware problem.
Note: before Windows installation, please backup all files on the drive which Windows 8.1 would be installed. Also make sure the hardware driver such as BIOS, Motherboard was upgrade to be latest.
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