A730 Install Windows 8.1 on mSATA Issue

Installed the Crucial 240GB M500 mSATA drive and was able to install Windows 8.1 from a USB drive. When machine restarts it give the "Error 1962 : No Operating system found. Boot sequence will automatically repeat."
If you hold down F12 or go into BIOS Setup it will list the drives connected. If you go back into the Windows 8.1 installer it shows that the mSATA was formatted. If I install Windows 8.1 on to the SATA 1TB drive it also gives the same Error message. Tried using a Windows 8 disc and it give the message "Windows cannot be installed to this disk. This computer's hardware may not support booting to the disk. Ensure that the disk's controller is enabled in the computer's BIOS menu" only if all Legacy settings are switched on.
If UEFI is switched on with CSM and Optomizer enabled or disabled all the drives are displayed and you can not still boot to the mSATA.
Is it possiable to install an OS on the mSATA drive and has anyone had any luck with it?
The orignal content that was on the 1TB SATA drive no longer exsists. Cannot locate a recovery file you could download from Lenovo.

Hi,
Please know that Windows 8.1 can use GPT partitioned disks for data. Booting is only supported for 64-bit editions on UEFI-based systems.
So, the answer of your question is No.
Know more information about GPT, you can refer to following link:
Windows and GPT FAQ
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/dn640535(v=vs.85).aspx
Kate Li
TechNet Community Support

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hi Chris,
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I wanted to ask
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2) Run Crystal Mark Info and check for SMART failures:
http://crystalmark.info/software/CrystalDiskInfo/index-e.html
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I went into disk utility to see if I can repair the disk, and disk utility says that the disk has to EFI partition and that we won;t be able to boot from it....which is very confusing because i can boot from it.
Windows 8 apparentl;y uses UEFI from my research....so i'm utterly stumped.
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