Asus Vivobook S200E stuck in bootloop

Divorcing

Hi All

So I decided I would try and put an SSD in my old Asus as it is quite slow. So before I cloned the drive I tried to reset it using the MS option in the settings. The first time it failed so I tried again and then got the same message saying it failed.

Now I am stuck in a bootloop, where it gets to the initial Asus screen, goes black and then loops back to the Asus screen.

Tried pressing F8 & F12 but doesn't get me anywhere, although Esc got me into: Please select Boot device so I think if I can just get Window 10 on the SSD and install I'll be good to go.

So I thought I would re-install W8 and then upgrade, however the guides say I will need the security key which for some reason is not on the Asus as it usually is on every other machine I have owned!

Any ideas what I can do from here please?

Any help or advice is greatly appreciated, thanks in advance.

Divorcing

So it seems that the forum I read that said it was F8 or 12 key was wrong, it is the F9 key!

So I have managed to get into System Restore and when I try troubleshoot I get the following:
Refresh your PC - The drive where Windows is installed is locked. Unlock the drive and try again
Reset your PC - Unable to reset your PC. A required drive partition is missing.
Advanced options - There is no Restore Point and also no System Image for recovery
Automatic Repair - Couldn't repair you PC

Also I noticed that where it says continue to windows it say to Windows 8 whereas I had 10 installed.

NiftyDigits

So...where are you now? Are you utilising the SSD? Can you get into Windows at all?