X130e - cannot upgrade to Win 8

Hi - looking for some help here. I am unable to upgrade my x130e to Windows 8, as the Win 8 upgrade advisor says my laptop does not support UEFI secure boot. I checked the support section for the x130e, but there is no recent bios update. The x131e appears to have a new BIOS update that was released to support Win 8, but nothing or x130e.
Also the x130e is on the list of Lenovo Win 8 upgradeable laptops : http://support.lenovo.com/en_US/research/hints-or-tips/detail.page?DocID=HT074688
Appreciate if anyone can help with this. Thanks.

I got it to install with help from MS support. Here are the steps:
1. Search for "msconfig" and start the app.
2. Under the general tab select "diagnostic startup".
3. click OK.
4. Restart machine once.
5. After restart. Initiate windows upgrade.
6. After successful upgrade, return to msconfig and reset setting to "normal startup".

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