Convert your old HDD into a virtual HDD.
Convert your old HDD into a virtual HDD.
This might not be feasible at the moment. I spent a lot of time on it seven years ago. I own two old computers—one with Windows 98 SE and another with Windows XP Home 32 x86. I’m planning to create a virtual machine that mimics all the hardware. The virtual PC should run with a 32 MB graphics card and a 466 MHz CPU, while the other machine needs an Intel Q9550 CPU, GTX260 GPU, and a Gigabyte motherboard. I want the virtual experience to match what my old PC provided. Since I don’t have installation disks for any software anymore, can this be done using a Ryzen 3600 and GTX 2060?
Set up a VM containing both operating systems. Transfer files from the old HDD to each VM. Note that exact hardware emulation isn't possible.
Virtual machines differ from old PCs in many ways. You can utilize a section of an HDD as a virtual disk or use the entire drive. Only one CPU core can be assigned, though performance remains significantly higher. For GPUs, you might need to lower the clock speed in Windows to get closer to the original performance, but results would still be similar.