Unable to boot from CD - Windows 8.1 - HP Pavilion 15-n209TX Notebook PC

Hi
I burned two ISO files(Memtest86+ & latest DBAN 2.2.8 CD bootable ISO software ) onto two different blank CD-Rs on two different ocassions by using the in-built Windows burner in my system, also used Cyberlink ISO file burner/Mount as Virtual drive.
Tried booting from CD by following Step 1 to 4 given in this MS link . After that clicked Select a USB Device, then boot from Internal DVD/CD Drive, then OK. It took some time to process & after that I got this screen:
When I entered BIOS Setup clicking F10 and there on Boot Device options, I got this screen:
I'm not able to understand why I can't boot from any CD. Could anyone please help me out.
Thanks very much in advance
Visruth
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Hi,
I won't be able to see the images you've uploaded until they have been approved by a moderator, but in the meantime, let me know what happens if you try the following.
Insert one of the bootable CDs in the optical drive and then shutdown the notebook.
Tap away at the esc key as you power on to access the Start-up Menu and then select the Boot Manager option ( f9 ).
If the optical drive is listed ( you should see two entries for it, one should have ( uefi ) as the suffix.
Select the drive with the arrow keys and hit enter.
Let me know.
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