HD controller failure; recover data?

Western Digital Cavier 22400; BIOS says “oh, oh…”

“No sweat,” I said to the attorney, “I’ll pair up your hard drive my spare machine and burn you a copy of the contents.”

Master/slaveD, paired on IDE, then booted to 1782 error: hard drive controller error.

Is there a way to swap controllers? Can’t find the WD model on their website: Cavier 22400 2GB.

Is it shipping platters out or is there a home style solution? Thanks!