There is a way to make it work, you JUST need a single ssd with 32gb of storage, like this
First step, you use the "IDE TO USB" adapter and connect your very old HDD to the new pc
Make sure that the very old HDD had only ONE partition, or it won't work
Then, type these commands;
diskpart
(if permissions, press yes)
lis dis
lis vol
(look at your HDD <DRIVELETTER> and type: sel vol <DRIVENUMBER> at diskpart)
then sel ur volume
active
exit
After that, you copy ALL of your windows XP CD-ROM files to the very old HDD that you plug in, then eject the drive.
For some reason this method works for windows vista and later DVD-ROMS when trying to copy all files over to the harddrive to make hdd boot.
After that, plug it back into your old 486 PC and pray that it works.
If problems, please tag me in the description.