Help old computer with Virtualization

[imyouradmin]

I have an older computer running xp and I have a newer Windows 7 computer and want to run basically the older windows xp on the new computer but dont want to start over I have a lot of files and programs that I cant get back. How do I clone in a sence that hard drive and run it in a virtual machine and it actually boot on the new computer using vmware player? Please help