Can't boot Windows 8 recovery CD via USB! (X1C)

Hi,
I can't boot the windows 8 recovery CD Lenovo sent me via a USB CD drive.
I've used all the combinations of legacy, secure boot and others etc. Am I missing something obvious?
When I boot it shows the boot menu with the CD drive as first piriority and I press enter to select and boot from this device however it just refreshes the screen and goes back to the boot menu straigh away... ??
How the hell can I recover my laptop?
J.

Solved it by using an external CD drive plugged into USB port. By the way anyone contemplating using Lenovo Recovery disks for Vista operating system re-installation, note that the Wireless drivers do not get re-installed. I had to download these after from the Lenovo support site. The whole process took a day to complete.
Sheila

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> {quote:title=Tonny wrote:}{quote}
> >Just to comment on this.
> >I have a P850-31L with BIOS 6.70
> >I am unable to boot from ODD or USB. Even the Toshiba recovery media does not boot.
>
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>
> _You said:_
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