HP Pavilion 15-n084ca Notebook PC won't boot from recovery discs .

HP Pavilion 15-n084ca  product # F0Q63UAABL Notebook PC won't boot from recovery discs ,  it gets to 97% then satys there for an hour or so then comes up with an error code .
computer won't boot windows 8 .

Hi:
For PC's that came with Windows 8, In order to boot from a DVD you need to change some BIOS settings.
Please read the info at the link below for what settings to change.
http://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c03736054

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