K410: Can't boot from Windows 8 DVD

I managed to screw up the partitions on my new K410 and when I tried to use the inbuilt recovery software I got the message "Lenovo service partition has been destroyed".  Not to worry I thought.  I'd only just setup the computer and had pretty much reached the conclusion that I'd like to do a clean build using an OEM Windows 8 DVD.
I obtained an OEM DVD but I cannot boot from it or any other bootable media despite trying pretty much every BIOS setting.  The computer continues to load the Lenovo recovery environment and display the "Lenovo service partition..." message.  I also can't bring up the one-time boot menu (F12) which is odd as I made a Windows recovery DVD when I first got the PC and was able to boot from it at that time.
I've performed a clean install of Windows on every computer I've ever owned and the fact that I'm having trouble with this computer is driving me nuts.  Can anyone help?
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Hi Solid_Cruver,
Thanks, for your reply.
I tried following the steps laid out in the linked post but they did not resolve my problem.  I was beginning to get a little frustrated with the computer booting from the recovery partition so I decided to see if the computer would boot from a DVD if there was no hard disk plugged in!
I opened the case up and unplugged the SATA lead from the HD.  The computer booted from the DVD first time.  I changed all the BIOS settings back to out of the box settings (i.e. UEFI, Secure boot, etc. enabled) and tried again.  Same result!
I then connected the hard drive to my laptop using a USB to SATA cable and deleted all the partitions on the drive using DISKPART and the "CLEAN" command (FOR ANYONE READING THIS THREAD, PLEASE TAKE CARE WHEN USING DISKPART!).  I then reconnected the SATA and HD power lead back into the drive and put the side back on the case.
At this point I started the computer up with a Windows 8 DVD in the DVD drive.  The computer booted from the DVD and I installed Windows 8 without any issues.  It even picked up the OEM key from the BIOS so that I didn't need to use the license that came with the DVD.
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