Linux help, Booting from CD on acer Vista?

[Maple50175]

Hey trying to install linux and I have a cheap Acer Laptop I got for like 400$

anyways vista I think is making this POS laptop go slow, so i want linux

I have it on a cd and well, I can't find anything where to boot from CD.

I have tryed ESC f5 f10 etc and nothing works!

Help!

[sandman61377]

Can you get into the bios? If you can, look for a boot order/boot device priority menu or similar wording. Normally after you turn it on it would tell you what key to press to get into the bios before it boots Windows. Some have a temp boot key which is what it looks like you were trying to find, but not alot of pc's actually have one of those. If you're not sure what key gets you into the bios setup, you may be stuck having to keep booting it and pressing a different key every time until u find it.

[Maple50175]

yeah I have tryed everything, i googled it and apparently they made acers so that you cant get into the bios or some shit, idk

Ill keep looking

[sandman61377]

That's just stupid. I hate it when computer companies do dumb stuff like that.
What model is it?

[Phempa]

you can get into the bios


either Del or F2 upon bootup