Windows 8 upgrade on Portege Z930

Hallo!
Just got my Portege Z930 PT235E with Windows 7 Pro preinstelled and Winds 8 DVD.
I tried to upgrade to Windows 8 but unsecessful. Starting from boot I get message that this is not bootable dvd. Also tried to start setup under Windows 7 but there is no setup.exe on DVD...
What is the process to upgrade it to Win 8?

Really strange
Anyway before trying to install Win 8, you should definitely create an Recovery disk containing the preinstalled Win 7 system!
Why? Because you will not be able to install Win 7 anymore without the recovery disk.
So if you want to use Win 7 in the future, create such disk.
Now back to Win 8.
Please access the BIOS and switch from CSM to UEFI.
Save the changes and then boot from the Win 8 DVD
Would be interesting to know if this would work

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