Portege Z830 - Recovery DVDs won't boot up

Hi,
I purchase the recovery DVDs from Toshiba to restore my Toshiba Portege Z830. I have tried to boot them using an USB external DVD drive , I have select the device in the bootup menu, but the computer ends up starting from the HDD anyway.
Any help?
Thanks.

Yes, I have tested with other bootable disc and it works ok with them.
Still no joy with the toshiba product recovery discs.

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