how do i boot from my cloned drive?

Hey there, Coltwang333!

You need to create a Windows Repair disk in order to fix the issue and boot from your cloned drive. Make sure the drive is marked as active in order to be able to boot from it. Also check if the MBR got cloned. What cloning software did you use? Maybe you should consider trying a different utility.
http://www.maximumpc.com/how_clone_hard_drive_or_ssd_2014
However, if you have the OS installation disk, I'd recommend a fresh install of Windows.

Keep me posted though!
SuperSoph_WD

If the cloning was indeed successful, then the MBR should be copied as well.
So you just need to burn a new Windows Repair Disk and when loaded > select Repair your Computer.
Afterwards click on the Command Prompt to enter the command:
bootrec.exe /FixMbr
bootrec.exe /FixBoot
Here's a tutorial with more details on how to fix the boot failure of the OS:
http://www.tomshardware.com/news/win7-windows-7-mbr,10036.html

Hope this helps you!
SuperSoph_WD

Well, although you've stated the disk-cloning operation was "successful" apparently because you can "see" both drives, it was anything but that if you can't boot to the cloned disk.

First of all, can we assume that your "source" HDD was completely functional? That it booted and functioned without any problems? We'll assume that's the case.

As SuperSoph_WD has suggested - perhaps you should try a different disk-cloning program. So many of these disk-cloning programs are problematic and frequently are more troublesome for many users than they're worth. Of course, since for the most part they're freely available not too much damage is usually done except wasting one's time. I've never worked with that AOMEI program you used so I'm not familiar with it.

Anyway, if you're totally satisfied with your present HDD in the sense that it is absolutely functional and you would have no problem working with a cloned version of that drive - (I'm assuming you're cloning to a SSD or a larger/newer HDD), then you might want to consider giving disk-cloning another shot.

I've recently used this Macrium Reflex Free disk-cloning program a number of times and it did the job just fine. Some of the members of a local computer club I attend were interested in the program so I prepared these instructions as a handout for using the program:

Before opening the Macrium Reflex Free program and undertaking the disk-cloning operation close any open programs and remove or uninstall all storage devices, e.g, flash drives, other external USB devices, from the PC other than the source & destination disks that will be involved in the cloning operation. It is unnecessary to uninstall any fixed HDD/SSDs.

The destination disk can be installed either as an internally-connected drive or as a USB external HDD/SSD.

1. With both the source & destination disks connected, boot to the source disk & open the Macrium Reflex Free program.

2. The opening window will reflect the two disks. The destination disk will be listed below the source disk. Both disks should be check-marked (default).

NOTE: If a System Reserved partition (usually about 100 MB) had been created on the source disk it will be reflected on the graphic. Both that SR partition and the primary partition of the source disk will be cloned to the destination disk.

3. Click "Clone this disk".

4. On the next window click "Select a disk to clone to...". The destination disk should appear in the window.

5. Click on the graphic of the destination disk, then click Next.

6. The Clone Summary window will appear indicating that the source disk will be copied to the destination disk. Confirm that the correct source & destination disks have been noted.

7. Click Finish.

8. The Confirmation Overwrite window will appear requesting confirmation of the disk-cloning process. Again, ensure that the correct source & destination disks have been listed.

9. Click Continue...

10. After the destination disk is successfully cloned ensure that it is connected to the motherboard's first SATA connector which will be designated either SATA 0 or SATA 1 depending upon the motherboard's designations. I'm assuming, of course, that the cloned disk is to serve as the PC's new boot drive.

So as you can see it's a relatively simple & straightforward process and you shouldn't have any problems with it. Good luck.

There's certainly no harm done should you delete the previously-cloned data prior to undertaking the new disk-cloning operation but it's generally unnecessary to do so since the new disk-cloning operation will, in effect, take care of that. But I must admit that on rare occasions (VERY rare occasions) we have run into a situation where the disk-cloning operation failed until we first deleted the volume on the source disk. We work with the Casper disk-cloning program nearly exclusively, however, it's a commercial program that sells for $49.99. We use the program routinely as a comprehensive backup system primarily because of its disk-cloning speed and general effectiveness.

Just one final thought...

Please understand that in order for the disk-cloning operation to be successful it's absolutely essential that the source disk is totally functional in all respects, i.e., that the drive boots & functions without any problems. Because if you clone garbage, garbage is what you're going to get.