DVD Drive not being able to boot off of. Not seen in Boot Menu options in Bios.

HI Guys,
I am having a serious problem here and Lenovo Support has been bouncing me around between Hardware and Software Support.. They are extremely uneducated and I miss Dell Support.  They are not educated about their own product and it saddens me. Here is my problem and there should be a simple soulution. Please help.
1) I have a IdeaPad U 430 Touch laptop. It came pre installed with Windows 8 Home. Unfortunately Windows 8 Home did not work with any of my Business Applications..
2) I completey wiped my Hard Drive using Government Software to write 1 and 0's..  I installed Winows 7 Ultimate successfully by booting off of my External USB DVD Drive.  
3) After sucessfully installing WIndows 7 Ultimate I upgraded my Bios to the latest version. 
4) I am able to see my DVD Drive in WIndows 7 at the Operating System Level.
5) This is the problem I can see the External USB DVD DRIVE in Windows 7 Operating System Level.  Its in Windows Explorer..  However I am unable to Boot off the DVD Drive. When I reboot the latop and press F12 the External USB DVD Drive is not listed there.  This is the Same External USB DVD Drive I used to wipe the Hard Drive Clean and install Windows 7 successfully.. My Bios is set to Legacy..
6) Please Help.. Someone

hi Agent0
Thanks for Posting!
Upgrading the BIOS might set off something.
Check under Exit TAB and see if you have OS optimized or OS optimal Settings.
      Change it to other OS or Disable.
      Save and Exit
Boot into BIOS again.
      Check Boot Tab if you have now a Boot mode and Boot Priority.
       Set those to Legacy / Legacy first.
Look for Secureboot and disable it.
      Save and Exit and try the F12 and see if you can have the ODD drive as an option again.
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