Wd essentials "not initialised"

Hi - a 1TB essentials has dies on me - flashing light. I have removed the (SATA) drive and attached it directly to the a motherboard (SATA).  Comes up as “not initialised” in windows (8) disk management.

What do I do?  Do I attempt file recovery before or aftter initialisation and what is recommended to do the recovery? Thanks.

Hi musicrab, welcome to the Community. Sorry to hear you can’t access your files. Before you try anything else I recommend you to contact support first. 

http://support.wdc.com/country/index.asp