Downgrade Vista to XP; Acer Aspire 5315?

For christmas i had a new laptop (Acer Aspire 5315), preinstalled with Windows Vista Home Basic. I managed to fix a few problems but others i need help with such as my so called "out-of-date" drivers and software that just won't run in vista.





By default i have two harddrives, C: and D:. I partitioned C: and created a new B: volume which is empty ATM. I want to install Windows XP (have a CD) onto B: partition but i have problems which i just can't seem to fix.





1) I've put the CD in, reboot but the system boots from the OS not CDROM.


2) I changed the boot order to see if this would prevent problem #1 and set CDROM to the top. Still no luck, the OS boots again.


The CD isn't scratched or damaged, it's quite clean.





Anyone have any suggestions? I just can't seem to solve it and it's beginning to agrivate me.

Downgrade Vista to XP; Acer Aspire 5315?
Be sure to enter the system setup and make sure the CD is the first to boot then, the Hard Drive.
Reply:needed items:


oem copy of xp (from ebay)


drivers





http://support.acer-euro.com/drivers/dow...
Reply:hold on edit





what is the boot priority.....usually F8 or go into the bios to set it....





Even If U R able to get XP on,,,might have some driver conflicts with the hardware....Need to get XP Compatible drivers and good luck with that....
Reply:press F8 as your system begins to boot up. This will take you to the bios. go to boot order and make sure the CD Rom is the first listed.