cannot boot from cdrom

[Aneesa Parker]

Hello

I got gparted live iso and burnt that onto a cd-rom. according to manual, it should allow me to change the partition type from msdos5 to ext2.

but when I tried to boot from the cd-rom, it would not. i tried keeping the F12 key pressed down before poweron, 2nd attempt for F2 key (those were in the message), and then 3rd attempt with Shift key. nothing worked.

i guess i am totally stuffed.

please, any tips

thank you
yours truly desperate
aneesa