Cloned 500GB HDD inT450S and Win8.1 to 1TB HDD, but now won't boot, even though HDD is seen

This concerns a new T450S; Win 8.1 Pro; I upgraded 4MB Ram to 12MB by adding Crucial Ballistix 8MB 1.2v DIMM, and everything worked as it should. Then, before any user files were created, I cloned the largest available 500GB Seagate (w/512KB sectors) from Lenovo to an aftermarket 1TB Seagate (w/4096KB sectors) using HDClone 5 Basic ($39 online). Cloning and conversion to larger sectors appeared to occur without incident. Ran Lenovo diagnostics on both the memory and storage and both passed. Now attempts to boot take me straight into setup "Boot" dialog and although the 1TB HDD is listed, arrow only points to PCI Lan (I assume this means the only bootable disc) and my attempts to switch to 1TB drive and pressing enter, end up after screen flash, to the same "Boot" dialog. Any Thoughts? I was thinking of re-installing old unmolested HDD and creating a recovery disc, then re-installing the new 1TB drive and then attempting to run recovery disc, but Lenovo case and HDD location not designed for repeated changes, so I thought I'd ask for help here first.

I was thinking the same. Seems like flipping the temp sensor cable fixes the poles as far as actual sensor detection by the SMC, but it must mess with the other jumper settings hence the no-boot issue. The annoying part is that my iMac already has the WD temp sensor, so theoretically it should be the correct cable :/
Oh well. I was just looking at some fan control apps myself. I was thinking about Macs Fan Control though over HDD Fan Control, since it seems to have slightly better reviews (and the $0 price tag is better than $35 ) http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/47386/macs-fan-control

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<<0x0000007b >>
...means that Windows can't grok the boot device. Things to try:
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2. Do you have a Windows retail disk, or a friend who has one? Boot on it and do a repair.
3. Open the BIOS. Can you find a setting for hard drive controller mode, IDE or AHCI? What does it say? Try switching to the other mode.
<<Any benefit of trying to reformat the HDD and reinstal an OS from scratch?>>
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thrillhousecody
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