The selected disk is of the GPT partition style - MBP 2013

Hi,
I get this error dialog in the windows 8.1 installer, when newly installing windows into a bootcamp created partition.
Machine:
* 2013 Macbook pro with retina display.
* 16GB RAM
* 1TB SSD
Reproduction:
* Use Bootcamp Assistant to create a USB stick with the Win8.1 Enterprise ISO, and the "Windows support files" (check the box in bootcamp assistant).
* Bootcamp restarts the laptop into the Windows 8.1 installer
* In the win 8.1 installer, On the Partitions screen I see 4 options
     * Partition 1 (EFI)
     * Partition 2 (OSX 600GB)
     * Partition 3 (small - likely the recovery partition)
     * Partition 4 (BOOTCAMP 120GB)
* Selecting Partition 4, gives the warning message "Windows can't be installed in drive 0 partition 4 (show details)" and the detail gives the error message "The selected disk is of the GPT partition style". The next button is disabled.
Does anyone know how to get past this?
Cheers!

hello, i was able to fix this on a intel I5 iMac as follows
- use Disk Utility
- click on the partition tab
- select the partition that was created by bootcamp, in my case it was named untitled but I could tell by the size that is was the one created by bootcamp
- delete this partition by clicking on the minus key
- create a new partition by clicking on the plus key
- give it a name and specify format as exFAT
- restart the computer and hold down the option key until you see the startup options
- select the device that contains your windows install iso image either USB or DVD drive
- win install will ask you to select the partition to install to
- select the partition you created with Disk Utility
- installer will complain that the partition format needs to be NTFS
- click on the Format button and the partition will be formatted as NTFS
- continue with the install

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