Updated Inspiron 3847 of Win 7 Pro to Win Pro 8.1

We recently purchased Inspiron 3847 4 to replace some machines XP being retired.

They came with Windows 7 Pro installed and a «license for Windows 8.1 Pro»

Each came with a DVD titled:

Operating system

Already installed on your computer,

Recovery media Windows 8.1 for Windows 8.1 products, 64-bit

I expected there would be a few instructions on how to upgrade 7 Pro to Pro 8.1, or with the PC or online, but so far I have not found anything. Is my only option to do a full install from the DVD? The warnings, I need to know?

Thank you very much!

No, you can upgrade.  Put in the disc and choose the upgrade path (not customized) to do an upgrade of Windows 8.  You can do a clean install of Windows 8 on top of Windows 7, but you don't have to.  You can consider running Windows 8 analysis tool to find out if you will need additional drivers after installation or if your installed software may or may not have known problems with it.

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