Satellite Pro L850-1L4 - Can't boot from Win 8 Upgrade Disc

Purchased just under 2 years ago. Came with Windows 8.0 Upgrade DVD.
I now wish to upgrade to Win 8 (then onto Win 8.1).
No matter what I try (BIOS changes) cant get the DVD to boot. Under CSM boot (default for the laptop) it returns a non system disc error.
I have tried the DVD in other PC drives which also results in the same error message.
Other disks eg Windows repair & Tosh recovery disks all boot OK.
So I think the disk must be faulty.
My question is has anyone else had this problem or even successfully upgraded using the Toshiba supplied DVD?. Getting hold of Toshiba to get replacement DVD seems an impossible task especially 2 years down the line.
Any suggestions?

Hello Tonny
Thanks for the speedy response. This is my first post and I have already made a blunder the laptop model is L850 whoops (my excuse I'm a septuagenarian!)
For clarification I have the latest BIOS. The boot mode options are CSM (default) and UEFI. Only under UEFI is the secure boot option available but the laptop wont operate set to UEFI. I did set the secure boot off before returning to CSM. This laptop doesnt actually support UEFI, it seems the option is there just to boot a UEFI capable OS. I did try booting the Disk under the UEFI option (with the secure boot on & off) but it didnt work.
So yes the BIOS was set to its defaults with no effect. I have found no web intelligence, generally or with Toshiba, about these upgrade discs.
The thread you provided is interesting and one element about BIOS reset to default I tried but without success.
Thanks again for your response

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