Your UPS should give you plenty of time, even worst case, to update the BIOS.

Some of my audio software will analyze my system and make a recommendation, which I can approve or not, about where to place temporary files. They seem to prefer, first, the larger drive and second, the faster drive. Given the sizes of your drives, though, I think there is no question you want to direct temp and audio files to the second.


BIAB 2026 Win Audiophile. Software: Fender Studio One 8, Swam horns, Acoustica-7, Notion 6, Song Master Pro, Win 11 Home. Hardware: Intel i9, 32 Gb; Fender Quantom HD8 & Faderport 8, Royer 121, Adam Sub8 & Neumann 120 monitors.