Windows 8 Upgrade for Satellite C870D-105 possible?

Hi out there,
I own a Satellite C870D-105 Partnumber PSCA2E.
Does anyone know whether it is possible to upgrade my Win7 Home Premium to Win 8 Pro via the Windows Upgrade Assistant?
So far I haven't been successful and the part numbe does not appear in the compatibility matrix offered by Toshiba.
Is there any chance that this model will be included?
I bought it with the marketing promise that is possible to upgrade.
Have I been fooled?

*@ mgoehring*
First of all you have to install Win 8 system.
Then after Win 8 installation you could use the Toshiba Win 8 Upgrade Assistant to get Toshiba Win 8 drivers.
Toshiba Win 8 upgrade assistant DOESNT install Win 8 system BUT ONLY Win 8 drivers/tools.

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Hi,
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[Page from where I downloaded drivers, click|http://eu.computers.toshiba-europe.com/cgi-bin/ToshibaCSG/download_drivers_bios.jsp]
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Controls, Toshiba
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There is no guarantee that the Toshiba XP drivers from the Toshiba European driver page would work correctly on the Toshiba US notebook.
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1) You are right. The display device change utility controls the FN+F5 key combination and also the Hotkey Utility make the FN+F5 combination working.
This tool is available for some A210 series like the PSAFGE series. But it does not work on all A210/A215 series.
2) This could be a card reader. Check if its already installed. But note; after the XP installation you will still have yellow exclamation marks in device manager because some hardware will be only supported by Windows Vista. Therefore there is no Windows XP driver.
3) In my opinion the Toshiba Software Upgrades for Windows Vista/XP reminds about some new available software updates which were released on the Toshiba page US page.
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The Toshiba controls Utility for XP is simply different as the version for Vista and in my eyes there is nothing to do.
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