Actually things may be more complicated when 24H2 is released as MS are relaxing need for modern standby to enable device encryption.
I believe this has already rather quietly "slipped" in to Insider versions but I have yet to test it. I would have to disable modern standby on my laptop to...
That is fine provided you pragmatically accept you may lose a few days data / updates (unless you backup to external drive every day).
I rather do the same i.e. backup to separate internal drive, then to an external drive (less frequently).
Aside from fact that the most you could backup in compressed format is around 200 GB, the more important point is that a backup to same physical drive is really a bad plan.
If the drive fails, SO DOES THE BACKUP.
As a minimum use a second drive. This can be internal or external, although an...
Frankly, the root cause of your problem is using a niche browser that is obviously not adequate for your requirements.
The leading browsers lead because they are reliable.
You can bash your head around trying to find solutions but that is only sticking plaster (imo).
The main reason I stick...
With Hyper-V, once you have activated a vm, you do not even need to save anything. You can change out vhd containing OS as often as you like so long as it is same edition e.g. Pro or Home. In fact if you activate vm with Pro, it will also activate Home as well.