Satellite P300-18m - Recovery disk won't start up

Hi,
I did order the recovery disk, but it won't start up, so I still cannot erase my harddisk.
So far i have tried:
- starting and press f8
- starting and press c
- starting and press 0
I have already changed my boot order, but my laptop still won't start from CD. At the support page I have found many ways to fix it, but nothing works. It also seems like the cd/dvd isn't recognized.
Does anyone know what I can do now? Thanks for helping :)
Grtz Kim

Hey,
What notebook model you have exactly?
Normally you can start from Toshiba recovery disk if you enter the BIOS boot menu and select CD/DVD drive as boot device. Then press ENTER and the computer will boot from the disk. The key combinations that you mentioned like F8, c, etc. doesnt work, they are for HDD recovery.
> It also seems like the cd/dvd isn't recognized
Is the drive recognized in BIOS?

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