Samsung 850 Pro into a MBP (early '11 15") issue

OK, so bear with me as I'm new to this and I hope I get all the information and terms right!
I have just completed a major upgrade on my MBP and am now having issues installing the operating system on my new Samsung 850 Pro SSD.
My system is as follows;
MacBook Pro 15" early 2011 model 8.2
2.2GHz i7 quad core
4GB RAM which I have upgraded to16GB with no issues (I hope?)
500GB HDD has been moved to the optical bay via OWC Data Doubler
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB SSD installed into main bay
OS X 10.8.5, also a recent upgrade, was running 10.7.5 for years
I can boot the system from the HDD with no issues. I have formatted the SSD to Journal and both disk utility and finder both can see the drive. Now to instal the OS on the SSD.
Plan A; Clone the HDD to the SSD via Disk Utility. I got an error telling me to do this via the recovery disk (obviously) which I did, this resulted in an error stating that the disk didn't have enough space. Not sure how much it needs but the HDD states it is only using 56GB to go into 256GB.
Plan B; Tried to do an install onto the SSD via recovery. This resulted in an error stating that this was not available and to try again later. I have tried several times, at different times of the day, for 2 days now, both using Wi-Fi and Ethernet connections. No luck
Plan C; Tried restoring SSD from a disk image of HDD from an external drive. Same error as plan A.
Plan D; Erased HDD to test if i was doing either plan B or plan C incorrectly. When I attempted to do the install on the HDD via recovery I got the exact same message (frustrating as I have done this several times over the years). Then attempted to restore the HDD from the disk image on the external drive which was successful!
Therefore, after 2 days of back and forth I am back to the beginning, awesome!!!
So I basically need to know how to get OSX 10.8.x on to the SSD so I can use this as my start up disk. I am a Pro Tools user and therefore can only run 10.8.x (the x because it doesn't matter which version). One of my options is to go to my (not so) local Apple store and see if they can run one of their disk images onto the SSD, (this is how I upgraded to 10.8.5) but I can't get there for another week and was hoping to get the system up and running before then as I have some testing to be done.
So here's the big question, what am I doing wrong?
I really appreciate everyone's help on the matter.
Merry Christmas

Try going to the App Store Purchases tab on the HDD and download 10.8 to the HDD. When the installer starts, point it at the SSD. Before you install, make a copy of the installer so you won't have to download it again. You can make a bootable USB stick to install using this free program.
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    2.1)  I know the iMac only has 1x SATA and 1x PCIe slot, but can one not install a PCIe - SATA converter and also a 2x 2.5 drive bay in the place of the existing         3.5" drive?
    Thanks for your assistance.
    Regards,
    asdutoit

    I checked on the Samsung website and the 840 Pro is OSX compatible and should work in your MBP.
    http://www.samsung.com/us/computer/memory-storage/MZ-7PD256BW-specs
    Ciao.

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