HP Envy M6 Recovery DVD fail after First Disc.

Hello Fellow Members and Support
What I have done so far:
- I have purchased and installed a new Harddrive for my HP Envy M6-1184ca Laptop.
- I have run the Harddrive diagnosics test wizard to verify it has been installed correctly. 
- I have set the bios to default settings. 
-  I Purchased The recovery DVD pack from HP.
-  I have inserted DVD disc  1 of the Windows 8 64 bit Recovery DVD Set.
The Situation:
I have booted up the Laptop and hit esc until the boot menu appeared with the option  to press F9 then select to boot from internal UEFI DVD Boot media. 
Then I Press any key to boot from cd / DVD and see the HP logo. I am prompted with a Black installation to select english or french. I select English and select next. The computer runs through the following:
- Reformatting the Windows partition of the harddrive
- Copying files required to restore the harddrive
- Restoring files to the hard drive.
Then the DVD gets ejected and the laptop screen goes black and the laptop is not off.
What is next?
I have not touched it until I hear back from support here.

Hi @escherzi ,
Thank you for visiting the HP Support Forums and Welcome. I have looked into your issue about your HP ENVY m6-1184ca Notebook and not able to install the CD/DVD recovery discs.  Here is a link that might help. The section you need is disabling Secure Boot.
Please note remove any and all USB devices. Disconnect all non-essential devices, as these could cause some issues.
If that does not resolve your issue please call our technical support at 800-474-6836. If you live outside the US/Canada Region, please click the link to get the support number for your region. They will be happy to assist you immediately.
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