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Specifically a system with a User folder located on more than one drive. I have programs installed on both drives in order to save space on one (a small SSD boot drive). Upon trying to install windows 8.1, the Windows Store tells me my PC can't run Windows
8.1 and gives me the error 0xc1900102. Suggestions?

Got it working :D... But it eats some time tho...
First run a cmd with admin privileges.
Then mklink /j C:\Users D:\Users
(Change D if you have users on other drive)
Now follow this guilde untill the profiles directory
http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/4275-user-profiles-relocate-another-partition-disk.html
Change it to %SystemDrive%\Users
Finish the guide and let it do its thing. (This will leave your Users map on the HDD)
Now activate the Administrator account
http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/9650-built-administrator-account-enable-disable-windows-8-a.html
Remove the mklink of C:\Users. Then copy the (hidden) Default User profile from D:\Users to C:\Users (yes create Users on the C partition)
Then log off and log in as the admin account.
Create a new online account (get an alternate email or make an account alias at https://account.live.com/summarypage.aspx)
Log in with that account.
Download and install the windows 8.1 Upgrade and let it finish everything (Took 3 hours at me)
Then login with your main account. It will generate a new account.
Restart your PC and login with the admin account.
Goto C:\Users and look what name it got. If the name is crappy then you can rename it at:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList\<your profile ID>
Then do a mklink /j C:\Users\<ProfileName> D:\Users\<ProfileName>
Now restart the pc and login on your main account.
If everything went well you will have your old account back.
Now you can remove the C:\Users map and do a mklink /j C:\Users D:\Users
P.S. My store doesn't work anymore after this...

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