A Gateway computer is a brand of personal computer manufactured by Acer Inc. and targeted at the consumer market. Gateway laptops can be booted from a CD. This is a convenient way to troubleshoot or install software on your computer without having to first boot up the operating system.

To boot your Gateway laptop from a CD, insert the CD into the CD drive and restart your computer. The computer will boot from the CD and run the software on the CD. If you are using a Windows CD, the computer will start up in Windows XP or Vista, depending …