Windows 8 upgrade with bootcamp?

I am already running windows 7 through bootcamp and i was looking to upgrade to windows 8.  Would i be able to do this directly from the windows side, or will i have to delete the partition of windows and re partition it with windows 8?

I've requested your post be moved to the Boot Camp forum, where more people are likely to be able to reply.

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