Usually, we can upgrade win 8 to win 8.1 via windows store.
But for this kind of major update, to perform a clean install is a better idea.
We can follow below steps to install win 8.1 with win 8 key:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 | 1. Download Windows 8.1 Image from MS website 2. Create a USB installation disk 3. Install windows 8.1 with windows client key <strong>GCRJD-8NW9H-F2CDX-CCM8D-9D6T9</strong> 4. After the installation is finished. Press Win+Break key, and change windows 8.1 key to your windows 8.0 key. System will be activated automatically. |