I'm going to eventually upgrade my motherboard, because my PC needs to be compatible with SLI (my current motherboard only supports crossfire). I have one GTX 970 at the moment and I am planning on purchasing another.
However, I heard that it's a possibility that I will lose my operating system and my files with it. This is a problem because windows 7 came with my computer, so I don't know the product key, and I would rather not buy windows 7 all over again. Also, it would be nice to know how likely it is that I would lose all of my files, so I can be properly prepared and back most of them up in the case it does happen.
This might be worth adding too; I've installed an extra 1 tb Western Digital hard drive, and I have another 500 gb portable hard drive that I always keep plugged in through a USB port.
Here's the layout of my computer's memory:
https://gyazo.com/abb3a42ad7baceb4c4610b44ec754585
My current computer specs:
CPU: Intel Core i5 2500k 3.30 GHz
GPU: EVGA GTX 970
Motherboard (will be replaced): ASUS P8Z68-V LX
8 GB of RAM
New motherboard that will eventually be installed into my computer:
GIGABYTE 990FXA-UD3
I am willing to provide more information about my computer if it is required, I may have left something out. Thanks for any help that you give.
However, I heard that it's a possibility that I will lose my operating system and my files with it. This is a problem because windows 7 came with my computer, so I don't know the product key, and I would rather not buy windows 7 all over again. Also, it would be nice to know how likely it is that I would lose all of my files, so I can be properly prepared and back most of them up in the case it does happen.
This might be worth adding too; I've installed an extra 1 tb Western Digital hard drive, and I have another 500 gb portable hard drive that I always keep plugged in through a USB port.
Here's the layout of my computer's memory:
https://gyazo.com/abb3a42ad7baceb4c4610b44ec754585
My current computer specs:
CPU: Intel Core i5 2500k 3.30 GHz
GPU: EVGA GTX 970
Motherboard (will be replaced): ASUS P8Z68-V LX
8 GB of RAM
New motherboard that will eventually be installed into my computer:
GIGABYTE 990FXA-UD3
I am willing to provide more information about my computer if it is required, I may have left something out. Thanks for any help that you give.
Take it to a local PC shop and they can activate it for you for like $30, So what they do is activate it but they dont give you the code 
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