I am trying to redo this laptop that is having a lot of problems. I want to boot from my windows CD and format it and start fresh.I can't do this because I can't change the Boot order in the Bios ...

On the adaptec controllers, you dont have to change the ID to 0 to make it boot from CD. In the card setup you need to make sure support for bootable CD is turned on.

3] Change boot order If the above methods do not fix the error, you need to change the boot order in the BIOS settings to prioritize the disk you want to install Windows on.

Boot Order dictates with which device your computer should boot from when multiple devices are connected. However, you can change the Boot Order to make it work according to your preferences.