Battery state of a laptop to test

The battery status of your notebook, you can test with a simple command or a Freeware Tool. We will show you how it works.

Windows 8: notebook's battery life by using the command test

If you have a laptop with Windows 8 or a Surface to use the Tablet, you can use a system's own command, in order to test the battery condition:

Open up the command prompt with the key combination [Windows]+[R], followed by the command "cmd".
In the command line type "powercfg /battery report", and press Enter. This command generates a report that is stored in your own user folder as the HTML file.
In it you will find information on the device, to the built-in batteries, the runtime behavior in the last three days, and estimated life.

In earlier versions of Windows, the command is not yet available. There is, for example, the Tool "battery info view" to continue.

You have to download the program and start the EXE-file.
Let the program run for a few minutes both in the network operation as well as in battery operation.
With the command "View | Show Battery Log" consider the logged history. Under "View | Show battery information" you will get General information.
The value of "Battery Wear Level" puts you on the wear and tear of the battery in knowledge. On older devices, the display is true but not always.
Check always the time of "Full battery time for the current activity". The value is a freshly charged battery in under an hour, he is practically dead.

Tip: What it can, if your Notebook battery is drained, even though he is off, you will learn in this practical tip.