Portege R30-A-137 - Removing Windows 8 and installing Windows 7

Hello,
I have a Portege R30-A-137 notebook with Windows 8 installed and need to remove w8 and install Windows 7.
According to documentation, computer has a preinstalled Windows 7 version, but i dont know howto install it.
I only have windows 8 restoration disks.
Saving preinstalled operating system on usb and booting computer with it, only reinstall win 8.
Is there any way to install preinstalled windows 7 on this computer ?
Thanks in advance.
JoSerra

I guess you mixed up some important facts:
The notebook Portege R30-A-137 is preinstalled Win 7 64bit Professional. You dont need to install this OS again if its installed!!!
The additional Win 8.1 Pro DVD was supplied with the notebook.
The Win 7 64bit is installed but there is NO disk/medium.
Therefore its recommended to create the Toshiba Recovery disk using the preinstalled Toshiba Recovery Medium Creator software.
This recovery disk can be used in case you changed the system for example to Win 8.1 and want to switch back to Win 7.
This was mentioned in user manual!

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