G62 notebook won't boot from boot disk

Need to recover computer. I ordered a boot disk from HP. The disk arrived and my G62 notebook will not book from boot disk. I checked the bios and it is set to boot from CD. I also started in safemode and can't locate an autorun exe when I launch explorer.
Basically my computer was hijacked with a nasty virus that has completely taken over my PC. If I boot normally all I see is an empty desktop and an start menu, can't even get a run prompt. The virus is disguised as anti virus software and is trying to get me to pay for their $90 software suite to "correct" the problem.
If I hit F11 at start up, the recovery stalls and I get an eternal blank screen.
Any suggestions?
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Hi, Courtney:
Try the free Kaspersky rescue CD.
That disk will get rid of viruses like those and the good thing is you don't need to be in Windows to run it.
It is a bootable CD (which you make from the download file) and using the graphic user interface (GUI) you can scan your PC for viruses and remove them.
Link and instructions below:
http://support.kaspersky.com/viruses/rescuedisk
Rather than changing the boot order, just start the notebook and at the beginning of the HP welcome screen, tap the F9 key to launch the one time boot menu. Select the DVD Rom drive and hit the enter key.
You should then see a message displayed on your screen that states in substance: "Attempting to boot from DVD...Press any key to boot from DVD..."
Press any key and the DVD or CD should boot up.
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