Tecra Z40 - HDD Upgrade

Hi,
i bought the Z40 with a 500 GB HDD. As a replacement i bought the following SSD:
Crucial CT512MX100SSD1 - 500 GB
Unfortunately i didn't get it to work. On the BIOS i can see that the system recognizes the ssd. But neither the restored system boots, nor windows 8.1 Retail installs. Are there any known compatibility issues?
The problems persist whether the bios setting is UEFI oder CSM.
I upgraded to the latest bios version to 3.7, but that didn't change the result.

"But I think if this will not work, you will need to reinstall the system once again".
Well, Paupau that's basically what I did.
The long story :
I tried to boot with the SSD in a enclosure plugged on an USB port : still got BSODs.
I really didn't want to have to reinstall and parametrize everything : Windows patches, office, various programs, copy my files... But as I was having [bad problems while putting the PC in sleep mode|http://forums.computers.toshiba-europe.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=80456], I finally decided that a factory restore on the SSD might fix everything. Moreover, I had the original SSHD at hand in case it would not work.
So I booted, chose repair mode, thenToshiba's utility to do a factory restore.
Then the installation sequence rolled, with its string of reboots.
(By the way, one stage even failed, with a Windows crash, that would loop again and again after every reboot. So I finally chose to start in safe mode, and the installation routine could go on... weird.)
Next, I let Windows Update do its job, and installed my apps. Having had a bad experience with the quite old drivers that the Toshiba's Tempro utility advised me to install (see link above), I rather kept away from it, and used Intel's Driver Update Utility wich made me upgrade the wifi and bluetooth drivers. I made system resore points at every stage in case the sleep mode would cause BSODs again. Luckily, this didn't occur.
So here I am, with a much faster Tecra Z40, and no more sleep crashes. It was a chore, but I guess it was worth it.
Thanks for yout help, Paupau. :)

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