i agree with all the responses.
to the op...
you might find the following of interest at some point if you ever run into other problems.
https://www.pgmusic.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=795663#Post795663particularly note the points re assessing the suitability of a pc for music production and also
posting ones settings as pics so people can offer good advice. ie win/sound interface/bb and/or rb settings for drivers.
lots of tips.
regarding padding with zeroes...spot on.
yonks ago i knew a tech that used a utility to inspect the result of useing such higher rates.
to the op on gearspace.com where loads of studios hang out...over the years the sampling
rate question has been debated time and time again.
a quick rough way to see how capable your laptop is is to run in rb action >> test audio performance.
i use a mid range ryzen pc and rb repors over 300 tracks.
what is reported for your laptop ??
frankly any pc can be brought to its knees with huge numbers of tracks and plugins that use lots of pc resources....and glitches occur.
happiness.
om