Thanks in advance, 

I had bought a windows 64 bit  I-7 machine ,it  had windows 8 basic already installed, which i had updated to windows 8.1 basic, but hyper  V is not available on this OS. I have another windows 8 Professional OS which i want to install on the same machine so i can have hyper V( because of  windows phone and store app developments). So Is it possible that

1. i can install windows 8 Professional/Ultimate while already i have windows 8.1 on the machine.
2. Any other way i can install Hyper V on windows 8.1 without upgrading to windows 8.1 professional or without spending more money, i dont want to upgrade my Windows 8 Professional to windows 8.1 

• Edited by Mirza Rahman Thursday, December 26, 2013 7:23 AM
• Moved by Marvin Guo - MSFT Friday, December 27, 2013 6:57 AM Windows 8 and Windows 8.1

Unfortunately you have posted in the wrong forum. I would suggest posting in Windows 8.1 Installation, Setup, and Deployment or Windows 8.1 IT Pro. Here you can get more experts on this topic. 

Hi,

1.i can install windows 8 Professional/Ultimate while already i have windows 8.1 on the machine.

Yes, you can create a dual-boot system, see this link (similar in win8):

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/microsoftukstudents/archive/2013/05/13/creating-a-dual-boot-system-with-windows-8.aspx

2. Any other way i can install Hyper V on windows 8.1 without upgrading to windows 8.1 professional or without spending more money, i dont want to upgrade my Windows 8 Professional to windows 8.1 

Hyper-v is not included in win 8.1(Basic), but you can refer to this link, suggestions in link are helpful for you

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/49bcd70f-840b-41c5-9ba1-a40ac8dd5dc3/how-to-install-hyperv-on-windows-8-?forum=winserverhyperv

Regards,

Yolanda

Thanks

Thanks , Let me Try.

Almost same problem he had but not solved.

Why not install Windows 8 Professional and upgrade that to Windows 8.1 instead of Dual Booting Win 8 Basic?

Hyper-V is available on Windows 8.1 Pro thus there's no need for you to dual boot. Install Hyper-V: Win+X, Program and Features, Turn Windows feature on or off, then check Hyper-V. Restart your PC and you'll see Hyper-V Manager under Administrative tools or search Hyper-V Manager using Charms (Win+C

Anyway, yeah you can install Win 8 Pro as dual boot. You may need to use bcdedit if you can't find any option on the installation disk to install that as dual boot.

• Proposed as answer by Ed GallagherMVP Thursday, January 02, 2014 8:16 PM
• Unproposed as answer by Mirza Rahman Monday, January 06, 2014 5:37 AM

I agree with Renante.

Having a machne that dual boots just adds another set of issues that you will need to deal with.

If you have no reason to run Win 8 or 8.1 instead of Win 8.1 Pro, just reinstall Win 8.1 Pro as your only OS.

Hope this helps.

• Edited by Ed GallagherMVP Thursday, January 02, 2014 8:16 PM spelling error

Some Drivers issues , Can't update

Right now not ready to move to windows 8.1 , Have some drivers issues and rest. just want to install windows 8 so i can have win store and mobile apps.

Hi Mirza,

If you want to upgrade to win8.1, what driver issues did you encountered during the process? Any error message? I suggest you check the log in windows\Logs\CBS.log. You should also keep your PC up-to-date before upgrading to win8.1.

Regards

Thanks for the post , i appreciate all guys efforts but  unfortunately   this is not my question , i know i can upgrade i had upgraded my Basic Windows 8 to Windows 8.1 but is it possible , what  i have asked in Question. Looks like no.

• Edited by Mirza Rahman Thursday, January 09, 2014 12:55 PM

Actually, Yolanda replied with links to dal boot instructions on Dec 27th.

Hyper-V is only available on non-home versions of Windows 8/8.1

We were just trying to point you in a better direction than dual boot.

Good luck.

I appreciate the efforts but well in simple English, My question is still not answered , let me rephrase and make it simple;

Can we install Windows 8 Professional and 8.1 on same machine independently ?

Please i dont need opinions here , if any one know answer please answer in simple , Yes or no.

Thanks

• Edited by Mirza Rahman 4 hours 20 minutes ago