How do I recover a 2000T disk?

[k64]

My 10-year-old HDR 2000T suddenly failed to recognise the Seagate 500MB HDD a couple of weeks ago.

I happened to have a spare 500MB drive so I swapped them, successfully.

The old drive was about 70% full and - you've guessed it - I'd dearly love to recover a number of recordings. What is the best way to attempt that?

My PC is a Win10 desktop.

 

[prpr]

It depends what's wrong with the disk, but you need a bootable Linux, not Win10 to stand any chance.