Mount old Windows HD as a virtual machine?

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I know how to install Windows on a virtual machine, however, I have an old hard drive with tons of registered Windows apps that I want to keep using, but the old machine is no longer bootable.

If I mount the old drive in an external USB enclosure, I know I can read the drive on a Mac, but how can I make an image of the old Windows hard drive and boot it as a virtual machine so I get all my old apps back?
 
There are two ways to look at this, but neither would work:
  • Virtual machine. The virtual machine must virtualize the hardware configuration of the computer that you pulled the hard drive from. You don't have that.
  • Native machine. The drivers installed on the hard drive for the old computer support the hardware configuration of the old computer. You need Windows drivers for your Mac's hardware configuration. Those are available as a part of the Boot Camp installer on your System Restore disc.
 
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