I have a flashing folder on a white screen with a question mark in the folder after installing an ssd to my MacBook Pro .. Any suggestions??

Just hoping for some help from the title question. Thank you guys

You need to format the SSD and install a version of OS X on it before it will boot. There are a number of ways you can go about this.
Get an enclosure for your 'old' drive and boot from it with the SSD installed. OWC has an assortment of inexpensive enclosures. Boot from your 'old' drive and use Disk Utility to format the SSD as "Mac OS Extended (Journaled)" with a single GUID partition. Then use Carbon Copy Cloner to clone your old drive to your new. Select the SSD as your Startup Drive in System Preferences.
Alternately, you can use Lion DiskMaker to create a bootable USB flash Drive (8GB minimum) or a dual-layer DVD if you've downloaded Mountain Lion and still have the "Install OS X Mountain Lion.app" in your Applications folder. If you've already purchased ML, you can simply redownload this file again and quit the application when it finishes downloading and begins the installation.
Either method will work.
Good luck,
Clinton

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