shouldnt make a difference, chances are you didnt burn it correctly, why this is so difficult for so many people I do not know
google for "imageburn", download that, use it to burn the cd, its almost foolproof
make sure your BIOS is set to boot from a cdrom
linux is NOT windows, it is much more complicated and assumes prior knowledge of computers, unix, and how to do most things and why and how they work, expect lots of problems..........you have alot to learn