Inside Windows XP Embedded – Creating a Custom Install from Zero

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I set out to restore an IGEL thin client, a compact PC originally running Windows XP Embedded, which failed to boot. Unable to obtain an original boot image, I had no other choice than rebuilding Windows XP Embedded from scratch. This led me down a deep rabbit hole of capturing hardware profiles, injecting drivers, and troubleshooting missing boot components in order to get past the dreaded INACCESSIBLE BOOT DEVICE blue screen! 00:00 Intro 00:45 IGEL Technology IGEL-3610 XP Thin Client 02:46 Either, or: Compact Flash or Disk-on-Module 03:22 Would it run DOS? 03:37 Running "vanilla" Windows XP 04:07 Installing Windows XP Embedded Studio 05:17 Building a Windows XP Embedded Image 05:49 Importing Hardware Profiles and Drivers 08:05 NTLDR Missing in XP Embedded SP1 08:34 Transferring XPe Images to Boot Media 09:49 Hardware Profiles revisited 12:54 Adding & Removing XPe Features 13:25 Fixing the Broken Video Driver 14:51 Adding Custom User Accounts 15:38 Reviving the Flash Disk-on-Module 16:27 Conclusion 17:14 Next on TPC / Outro To support TPC, check out all my options on https://www.youtube.com/@THEPHINTAGECOLLECTOR/join This video was made possible with support by: THE PHINTAGE ENTHUSIASTS: Alisha Manuela Stutz @alishamanuelastutz Christian Zerrahn @JARVIS1187 David Shell @TheMinocula Waseem al sammane @wsammane THE PHINTAGE SUPPORTERS: HMK @hmichaelkraut7968 John DiLiberto @JohnMDiLiberto Jack Rosenthal @JackRosenthal1 Luge Granger-Brown @luke_gb Matthew Veety @MatthewVeety MS-DOS Manfred @msdosm4nfred Steven Glogger @sglogger xcalibur839 @xcalibur839 Z098 @Z098 Visit also THE PHINTAGE COLLECTOR website at https://www.thephintagecollector.ch for insights into my retro computer collection. Copyright @ 2025 THE PHINTAGE COLLECTOR, Gianpaolo Del Matto. All rights reserved. Individual Copyrights apply for referenced material (see links). Theme Music composed by Abdallah El-Ghannam. https://www.fiverr.com/abdallahghannam Additional music featured by rootkitty: https://soundcloud.com/rootkitty DeVern: https://freesound.org/people/DeVern/ Awrmacd: https://freesound.org/people/awrmacd/ Links: Windows XP Embedded: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_XP_editions#Windows_XP_Embedded https://archive.org/download/MicrosoftWindowsXPEmbeddedBuildCollection IGEL, and IGEL Thin Client: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IGEL_Technology https://www.electromyne.de/Complete-Systems---Units-Computers-Igel-364LX-Thin-Client-VIA-Eden-ESP4000-400MHz-128MB-Igel-3-2-Winnet-G250-USFF.html https://domoticx.com/thinclient-igel-3-4-3210-ce/ https://www.openpr.de/news/114927/IGEL-Technology-optimiert-weiter.html VIA Eden: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VIA_Eden https://download.viatech.com/en/support/driversSelect.jsp https://www.driveridentifier.com/scan/realtek-ac97-audio-for-via-r-audio-controller/download/17554042/364A5EB1F1C941B68315DF8849C155AB/PCI%5CVEN_1106%26DEV_3059%26CC_0401 https://www.driveridentifier.com/scan/vias3g-unichrome-pro-igp/download/1249437176/8E539E1C8F5046C78FA5C3139DBFD756/PCI%5CVEN_1106%26DEV_3344