samsung ssd 840 evo not recognized by windows installer

[charlotlol19]

Hi! I'm new to the forum so tell me if I do something wrong. I recently purchased a samsung ssd 840 evo for my tower.

my specs:
mobo: MSI Z97-G43
ram: 16gb kingston hyperX ddr3 (2x8gb)
processor: intel core i7 4790k
500w psu
gigabyte gtx 760

My bios is recognizing it, I've also tried a live ubuntu cd and I was even able to format the ssd and copy files on it. But when I try to install windows on it, the installer does not recognize it. I was able to see it by going to ''load drivers'' and it was appearing as a storage drive but it's still impossible to install windows on it. Your help would be really apreciated!

Thanks!

 

[RealBeast]

If you have initialized and formatted it with Linux, Windows will not recognize it as an installable disk. When you start with the Windows boot disk, select custom and delete all existing partitions first and then install to the single unpartitioned space.

If that does not do it, then boot from the Windows install disk and use the command prompt. Use the following set of commands:

diskpart
list disk
select disk n (where n is the problem disk)
clean

That or DBAN will give you an unallocated disk that you can then install your Windows on.

Also, insure that when you install, you select the correct disk in the bios, Windows 8 expects a UEFI disk as the default.