Hi,

I am trying to update Win8 to Win8.1 from window store. but below message was displayed.

can't install virtual hard drive.

is there any way to upgrade?

Hi,

It is not possible to upgrade a natively booted VHD from Windows 8 to 8.1.

Please see the similar threads below:

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windows/en-US/b9ca72ab-cdc3-4ae8-be6f-1ce9cb18ffb6/upgrading-windows-8-to-81-native-vhd-boot

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windows/en-US/6b62d77c-2782-435f-bdb8-03091230aad3/cannot-upgrade-from-win8-to-win-81-rtm-on-vhd

Id like to share the following article with you:

Understanding Virtual Hard Disks with Native Boot

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh825689.aspx#BKMK_limitations

Regards,

Yolanda