No bootable device error

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So I recently bought a Kingston 120gb V300 SSD and I've been having some problems. I wanted to put the OS on it so I used AOMEI to clone everything from my 500gb hard drive (I only had about 100gb of data on it) and it seemed to go through the whole process just fine. It started up from the hard drive and the SSD seemed to have all the necessary files. It told me earlier that once the cloning had finished I should put the SSD into the slot where the HDD was before. I did that and tried to boot it up but before I could log in it came up with a black screen that said 'no bootable device - press any key to restart'. If I did the same thing would happen. I tried putting the original HDD in but that came up with the same error. It won't let me enter BIOS and I don't know what else I can do because it is literally impossible to boot up with either of the drives. I've tried unplugging the SATA cables and tried a bunch of different configs to no avail. Any help would be much appreciated. Thank you.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    CPU
    AMD FX-6300
    Motherboard
    MSI 760GM P34
    Memory
    8gb
    Graphics Card(s)
    GTX 650
hello and welcome to eight forums .I'm not 100% sure but I think I remember reading that the hardrive you are copying the images to has to be same size or bigger than the drive you made the image of,this might be a issue caused by the cloning software used ,not sure , someone here will correct me if I'm wrong
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    win8.1.1 enterprise
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Hinze57
    CPU
    AMD FX 6100 6core 3.30gHz
    Motherboard
    gigibyte ga-78lmy-s2p
    Memory
    4gig ddr3
    Graphics Card(s)
    Radon hd5000 Series
    Sound Card
    onboard realtek hd
    Monitor(s) Displays
    19" viewsonic/ 22"Samsung
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    128gig ssd Kingston
    80gig WD 10000 rpm spinner
    Case
    micro
    Keyboard
    microsoft curve 200
    Mouse
    Logitech wireless M215
    Internet Speed
    high speed 20
    Browser
    ie 11
    Antivirus
    windows defender
    Other Info
    updated enterprise apr 2/14

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    win8.1.1 enterprise
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Hinze57
    CPU
    AMD FX 6100 6core 3.30gHz
    Motherboard
    gigibyte ga-78lmy-s2p
    Memory
    4gig ddr3
    Graphics Card(s)
    Radon hd5000 Series
    Sound Card
    onboard realtek hd
    Monitor(s) Displays
    19" viewsonic/ 22"Samsung
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    128gig ssd Kingston
    80gig WD 10000 rpm spinner
    Case
    micro
    Keyboard
    microsoft curve 200
    Mouse
    Logitech wireless M215
    Internet Speed
    high speed 20
    Browser
    ie 11
    Antivirus
    windows defender
    Other Info
    updated enterprise apr 2/14
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