Windows 8.1 Pro install - SSD not detected

Question

Upgrading my girlfriend's Lenovo SL510 to use an SSD. I removed the old HDD and replaced it by the Samsung 830 128GB SSD. The SSD is visible in the BIOS and it is accessible/formattable from another Windows 8.1 computer.

I tried downloading the storage drivers and adding them to the Windows USB stick to no avail, it will not detect the SSD drivers. What's peculiar though: in the folder selection to locate the driver I can see the single NTFS parition on the SSD.

Update: using advanced tools of the Windows installation media, I can use the diskpart tool - it detects the SSD and everything seems to be working as it should.

Answer 1

I resolved it by clearing the master boot record using diskpart's clean option. The disk was originally used in a raid-0 configuration, which apparently makes it hard for windows to detect.