PATA to SATA

Hi all, first time poster here. I've been trying for a few days off and on to get my old Toshiba Satellite (M70) PSM73A-00F007 cloned and running off a new HDD. I'm really hoping I'm going to look like an idiot and there's a super simple answer...but I'm really struggling to find a reference...

Dear Tom's Hardware community! This is my first post here. I recently found my old computer from about 2004. I was very excited to turn it on and see all the files that are on the computer. I am an musician and I was hoping to find my very first songs on this PC, but unfortunately the Windows...

(Windows 8) My HDD is dying, so I wiped the HDD. It's a non-formatted drive, now. Still recognized with Windows and BIOS. When I unplug the HDD, and try to boot with the SSD alone it simply doesn't work. "Wrong device detected, please restart and select the proper boot device" or something very...