Satellite Pro C50-A-1E6: Windows 7 Pro to Windows 8.1 Pro Upgrade

Hello,
My laptop came with Windows 7 Pro pre-installed and also came with the disks to upgrade to Windows 8.1 Pro, when I reboot the laptop to the optical drive with the Windows 8.1 Pro disk in there doesn't seem to be any options for upgrading Windows rather it is just the generic tools for recovering/backing up the laptop and installing Windows 8.1 Pro isn't mentioned anywhere.
Am I missing something? Do I need to format the laptop in order for it to pick up the Windows 8.1 set-up process?
The laptop seems to be picking up the Windows 8.1 Pro disk as the interface is similar to that of Windows 8 (when choosing region/keyboard) but as I mentioned it just defaults to repairing the existing installation with no options to upgrade.
Cheers,
Paul

>Am I missing something? Do I need to format the laptop in order for it to pick up the Windows 8.1 set-up process?
Youve got the WIN 8.1 64BIT PRO DVD disk.
I think this is NOT a upgrade disk but using this installation disk, the system (Win 8.1) will be installed on the HDD and this procedure would get rid of Win 7
So before trying to install Win 8.1 I would recommend you to create the Toshiba Recovery medium as described in user manual. Read it!
After the Recovery medium (Disk or UBS flash stick) has been created, you could boot from the WIN 8.1 64BIT PRO DVD in order to start the installation!

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