You can even schedule incremental backups, allowing you to backup only items that have changed since your last backup. Ghost allows you to backup to any type of media, including CD and DVD discs, external hard drives or Iomega Zip and Jazz disks. The Symantec Ghost Boot CD for Windows from Symantec allows you to create a full system backup that you can use to restore your computer in the event of a hard drive failure or major system problem.