How to put win8 to win8.1 without losing any software installed?

My friend & I use 32-bit win8. He upgraded his win8 in win8.1 by a boot cd. Now, he lost his all the software that have been installed in his win8. I also checked it in Virtual box (win8 win8.1 upgrade remove all third-party software installed in win8). Now my question is can I upgrade my win8 win8.1 without losing the installed software? If so, how?

Hi Mary,

Thanks for posting your query in Microsoft Community. Sorry for the late reply.
 
I wish to inform you that windows 8 and Windows 8.1 upgrade cannot be done that through the windows store.

As you mentioned that you have an internet connection on your computer, the best solution in your case is to take your computer to a place where you can access the Internet and then trying to level to Windows 8.1 by the Windows store.

Another option is to download an ISO for Windows 8.1 and install it on the computer, but for this procedure, you will have to buy the product key, you would not be able to download the ISO without buying the product key.

Note: By using the ISO to install Windows 8.1 Please be informed that you will not be able to upgrade to Windows 8 for windows 8.1.

You will need to do a clean install as upgrade option will be grayed out.

Important: Performing a clean installation will result in losing the application that have been previously installed.

To learn more about window 8.1 upgrade refer to the article below:
Update to Windows 8.1 of Windows 8
 
Hope that this information helps answer please with the State of the question to get help, we will be happy to help you.

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