Installing Windows 8, SSD not listed

Trying to move from an HDD to an SSD in my laptop.
I imaged the HDD, restored to SSD. F*** you said Windows 8. I used a tool that claimed to migrate from HDD to SSD. F** you said Windows 8. I tried running the W8 installer, but it didn’t list my SSD as an available disk. Tried it booting with a MBR and UEFI USB, with Secure Boot enabled and disabled. Yes I checked the SSD works. I’ve cleaned it with DISKPART, and initialised it as GPT and MBR. Nothing.
The installer has the SATA drivers, because running it with the old HDD shows the existing partitions. Removing this drive, replacing with the SSD, and clicking rescan, returns no drives.
I’m putting my hands in the air here. I’m stumped.
Answer #1
weird …. which laptop on which bios version with which SSD ?
Answer #2
Toshiba Satellite C55-A-1U3
BIOS Version 1.30 (EC 1.10)
Crucial M500
EDIT:
Oh and the SSD is seen in BIOS
Answer #3
check this out [in order of posting]
http://forum.crucial.com/t5/Crucial-SSDs/BIOS-detects-M500-SSD-but-Windows-8-Does-not/td-p/134729
http://forum.crucial.com/t5/Crucial-SSDs/M500-Crucial-120GB-ok-in-BIOS-not-available-in-windows/m-p/134395#M38461
http://forum.crucial.com/t5/Crucial-SSDs/How-to-initialize-your-SSD-Windows/ta-p/111492
Answer #4
The first one of those links to the second, and then the third. I have already tried initialising the SSD in another machine, as MBR and GPT. It didn’t work.