Installing New Hardrive into Macbook Pro 13" and can't boot

I have installed a new 500Gb 5400rpm drive into my macbook pro 13. Before I swapped the drives I used time machine to back-up onto my Lacie drive. Now the new drive is in. I turned on the computer, pressed the option button and nothing came up. I have now put my old HD into an enclosure and booted up from that drive. I copied my whole hd over to the new drive once it was formatted and tried to boot but this didn't work. I thought once I had the time machine back-up on a drive I would be able to press option when I turn on the computer and then that would workj. I don't have my OSX 10.6.8disk so am now just booting up off my old hd which is pointless. Can anyone help as I am losing my mind.

What happens when you install the original HDD in the MBP? If it does not boot , the connecting cable may be faulty.
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