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Question edited for clarity. Removing the battery will effect a form of reset, but it sounds as though it needs professional repair. https://www.google.com/search?q=JVC+GR-D73+Camcorder+repair ..

Battery for cameras are normally made a specific shape or size so they only fit that camera and yours is just like that. The batteries to wear out and degrade so much that they came be fully charged (or never charge) and dissipate that power in 4 minutes from full to 'not enough power to operate'. The only difference with batteries is the number of Milli Amp Hour figure, the more mAh, the longer the camera works on a charge. The spec on yours is

GR-FXM40EK Camcorder Battery 6 volts 2100mAh

It was launched in 2003 and has probably been sitting in a cupboard for 10 years. The first thing to do it get a replacement battery and charge it up. In the leads that you got with it, there may be one to run it on mains power through an adapter. A battery is $10 a battery and charger is $33. https://www.psaparts.co.uk/camcorder/jvc/gr-fxm40ek-battery-adapter-charger.html https://www.google.com/search?q=JVC+GR-FXM40EK ..

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Power cycle all components: camera and desktop/laptop.

There's a decent UK support page with a full operating manual (in case you don't have one) available for download also a list of frequently asked questions. A depleted battery wont charge that may be a starting point in the first instance check your batteries second follow the support link here http://uk.jvc-service.net/public/document.cfm?prog=InstrBook.cfm&Model=GC-XA1