Windows 8 oem upgrade to windows 8 pro MSDN

I am thinking of buying a new PC for dev work which has windows 8 oem installed. As I have an msdn subscription can I use the windows 8 pro download to upgrade to this?
If the answer is yes how do I do it?
I see there is a retail windows 8 pro pack which is not available on msdn, however there is a single multiple version download which is either windows 8 or pro and is predicated on entering the relevant product key to distinguish between
the two which suggests this is for a clean install.
I am reluctant to go the clean install route as this would run the risk of not having access to corresponding drivers as utility disks and download drivers are not always immediately available for new machines. (Have been caught out in the past by this!)
Hope someone can point me in the right direction - thanks.

1. Press the Win key and the F key and type System
in the Search box, then click on Settings.
2. Click on the System icon that appears
3. In the window that opens, click on "Get more features with a new edition of Windows"
4. Click on "I already have a product key".
5. Enter your MSDN Windows 8 Pro product key.
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I've posted the following on the following Microsoft form.
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows8_1-windows_install/81-install-error-0xc1900...
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2) Attempted 8.1 from MSDN ISO download and dvd burn just because I didn't believe number 1. Result: 0xc1900101-0x40019
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4) Attempted 8.1 from Microsoft store just because I didn't believe number 3 Result: 0xc1900101-0x40019
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