So I got a new CPU for Christmas (i7-4790k). I was upgrading from the i5-4670k, but this install turned into a nightmare. Moral of the story, pins got bent, new cpu got scorched, basically back at square 1. So now I'm looking to upgrade from my old z87 MoBo and get a z97. I currently have a 120gb SSD and a 1TB hdd. I'm going to run the old cpu, but I've read that I'm gonna have to reinstall Windows. Now my question is that I have a whole lot of school files and games on both the ssd and hdd(I got lazy and didn't manage the download location very well) but am I going to lose the files that are on the hdd? I'm guessing I'll have to format the ssd and do a clean install of windows which isn't really a problem because most of the things on there are games, but am I going to be able to keep my hdd as is or will I have to extract those files after the windows install and format that drive? I've seen suggestions that I should format the hdd after a new windows install anyways, but is it going to be necessary?