Export XP from a physical pc to virtual box

I have an old pc with Windows Xp on it and I can't throw it away because I have programs on it that cannot be found anymore. Since now I'm using a Mac I was wondering if it was possible to export the whole operating system on the old pc (with all the files included) on Virtual Box on the Mac.

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Step 1. Use VMware Workstation to first convert physical machine to virtual machine

VMware workstation comes with a 30 day trial

Step 2. Convert virtual machines between VMware And virtual box

This is possible in a free and open source manner:

Oracle has a Physical 2 Virtual tool on their Oracle VM Server iso, which will natively create an image to be mounted in Oracle VM Virtualbox. See documentation:

Yes, you can do that with the help of any ONE of the below three applications. Please note that you can download the trial version of the application from the parent website and also the steps to convert physical pc to virtual are included in the links provided below.

1. VMware's P2V Virtual Machine Converter:
   

2. Oracle's VirtualBox: 

3. Microsoft's Disk2VHD:
   

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