Using Ghost on XP Pro

I have a USB 2.0 ACOM Data external Hard Drive connected to an Dell Latitude D600 (and XP Pro) .
When I select backup/clone from windows at the Ghost interface and choose the source/destination parameters it reboots the PC into DOS mode and at the dos screen (when it boots from the floppy it created) nothing happens. It just sits there with a message saying System Loading or something like that. It just doesn’t get past that.

Has anyone ever come across this?