I agree with all that has been explained above. I wonder if you have the CD / DVD already. I have a DVD of Fedora 7 that you are welcome to have for free if you email me your address. My email address is
turnerconst@hotmail.com. If you have downloaded the image you must burn it as an iso file. That means regular CD burning software will not work. You must use something like Nero or go to Linux Puppy website and download their free iso burning software for Windows. If you have the CDs / DVD in the CDROM and when you restart you computer and Windows comes up, that means your Bios aren't set to start from your CDROM first. To start the installation of most Linux Operating Systems (assuming you are not doing an network install or some other out of the ordinary installation) you must "boot" from your CDROM. To reset your Bios to boot from the CDROM first you must push a key or combination of keys as your computer starts up. That will bring you to some screens one of which will say something like "boot order." Set it to boot CDROM, Floppy, C and save the changes and exit and you are in business. Put Fedora in your CDROM Restart and follow the on screen instructions. Good Luck.