My Satellite P75-A7200 won't boot

Hi all,
tried to update my Satellite P75-A7200 to 8,1 .
Now it won't start up anymore. It said no BOOTABLE DEVICE. I've tried to press F12 when turning on the computer; BOOT menu come up, I don't have the HDD RECOVERY option.
Can somebody let me know how to fix it or where I can get the RECOVERY MEDIA?
Thank you.

I found very interesting document about recovery options after system upgrade to Win8.1
http://aps2.toshiba-tro.de/kb0/TSB4403L30001R01.htm
I didnt test it because I have created recovery USB before I have started to change preinstalled OS and installed Win8.1 upgrade.
Please check it out and send some feedback.

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