The Ghost boot disk actually contains drivers for several CD-RW drives. In fact, I use several different models of CD-RW drives, and all of them were supported. When I backed up each of my 13 systems, I was able to span the disk images across several CDs without the aid of third-party software. At the time you create the CDs, Ghost gives you the option of making the CD bootable. For the most part, the process works extremely well.
Ghost is extremely simple to use.
To get around this problem, I had to create my own boot disk from a Windows 98 machine. I haven't had any problems since doing so. I should mention, though, that the backup process works best if you defragment the system before backing it up. This article may sound like I'm trying to sell copies of Ghost, but that isn't the case. After I discovered how quickly, easily, and accurately I could back up and restore systems, I simply wanted to pass along the technique.