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[whbos]

This might not help you now, but when you get your system up and running, I would use the Ghost bootable disc to create a custom bootable disc that includes all of the drivers on your system.  You can do this within Ghost 14.

I saw something in the Norton Ghost instructions mentioning not to use CD-RW discs.  I don't know why.  I use DVD-RW discs without any problems and I recovered from a problem on my C Drive using Norton Ghost 14.

[huwyngr Norton Fighter]

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whbos wrote:

I saw something in the Norton Ghost instructions mentioning not to use CD-RW discs.  I don't know why. 

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I commented on this to someone else here recently.

In general RW disks are considered less reliable and permanent than R disks. If you consider that the dyestuff in RW disks is designed to change with different lights and that the dyestuff in R disks is designed not to but to be long lasting, this is understandable.

FWIW

[whbos]

I agree with you in the difference between the permanent DVD (R) and the rewriteable (RW).  I have the permanent DVD without the custom drivers and the DVD+RW with the custom drivers.  I've thought about creating a more permanent custom disc since I'm assuming I shouldn't have to do it again unless I change computers.  I am also waiting to buy more CDs since DVDs were all I had at the time.  I rarely use CDs.

[huwyngr Norton Fighter]

As long as one knows about the possible disadvantages which include, not so much in the recovery world but in recording DVDs for playback through the TV that some DVD players won't read RWs.