HP G6: Windows 8.1 to new disk image recovery

I bought a new drive bigger and harder for my G6. I made an image of my old drive windows and I have a 8.1 windows installation disc.  I think that it is equal to a repair disc. It is in any other operating system. If I set the bios to the legacy that I can boot the disk windows 8.1 but it will not restore the image because it was made in efi mode and active legacy it says it's bios mode. The computer does not start the disk windows 8.1 in efi mode. I tested the drive in another computer and it starts. The computer will boot to a windows 7 or windows 10 drive but not the disk of 8.1. How can I do to restore that image I did?

Rethinking the computer was in legacy mode when I made the image. I feel pretty screwed by this experience of windows 8 CV.  I had planned to upgrade to windows 10 after that some of the bugs have been developed. Now, it's out of the question.

OK, I'll try that. I won't recommend the purchase of new laptops to anyone yet. Get a Thinkpad T series used with Windows 7. I know that you could still buy them last year. They last forever.

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