Question about the upgrade of Windows 8 to 8.1

Hello, I have a laptop Asus G46VW supplied with Windows 8 is installed, he showed some software problems related lately I decided to format it, one of my problems was that I couldn't go to 8.1 of the store, so I think to initiate an ISO 8.1 in a flash and fresh installation 8.1 formatted hard disk drive , my question is: If the Activation Code for 8/8.1 is in the BIOS if I start a new 8.1 installation on my laptop it will read it and activate 8.1 correctly or I have to format the laptop on 8 and upgrade them to 8.1 via the shop, because it would be pretty boring.

Hello

Before you do anything, remember to create any media which is available from the manufacturer of the computer...

Just in case.

You shouldn't need to format anything... If you use recovery options of the manufacturer or discs, which will take care of everything... It will overwrite all the old stuff...

You have to do a lot of updates before moving on to Win 8.1...

Just KB2871389, or even KB2917499... All others will be included in the update...

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