Open up software sources - mint menu > admin > software sources
click on additional repositories then click on 'add a new repository'. Paste the following into the window that opens:
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deb https://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian bionic contrib
and click ok and close software sources.
Now open up a terminal and paste in the following commands one at a time:
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wget -q https://www.virtualbox.org/download/oracle_vbox_2016.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add -
then
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wget -q https://www.virtualbox.org/download/oracle_vbox.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add -
then
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sudo apt-get install virtualbox-6.0
that installs virtualbox.
But you also need to install the extension pack. It can be downloaded from here
https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads just under "VirtualBox 6.0.12 Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack" click on "all supported platforms".
Once downloaded just double click on it in the file manager to install, if it asks what program to use it's virtualbox.
You can now run VB and install win xp (assuming you have got an iso from somewhere).
When you have win xp up and running, install guest-additions. If you look at the VB panel at the bottom of the screen, right click on the CD icon (see piccy) and select guest-additions. Win will either automatically open your virtual CD drive or you can go to my computer and open it from there and run the setup.exe.

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