BOOTMGR is missing on my SSD

Try putting old HD drive back in & make the Startup repair disc.
System Repair Disc - Create

whs said:

My guess would be that you forgot to copy the System Partition. Have a look here about the steps - but you can use Ghost in lieu of Macrium. SSD - Install and Transfer the Operating System

yes,,, I thought I cracked it... as I created a 100mb system reserved partition from the notes on the forum but still the same error...

all drives are in... this isnt an 'old' drive as this laptop is brand new... all I have done is added the ssd... surely I dont have to remove the hard drive as well?

Unplug all but the SSD, Mark System Reserved Partition Active, then run Startup Repair - Run 3 Separate Times.

If this fails reimage the SSD this time choosing to copy the MBR and Track0, mark SysReserved Active.

Did you say you had constructed the 100mb partition on the SSD? Was it not on the HD orginally. If this is the case you must mark it Active and run 3 Startup Repairs for the installer or Repair CD to write the System boot files to it.

If this fails, mark C Active and run up to 3 Repairs to start it.