Laptops are part of the daily lives of many professionals around the world. To be a writer, designer, engineer or programmer. Having a laptop makes things much more convenient than having a desktop computer.

Due to its smaller size, lighter weight, and the fact that every laptop comes with a battery, it is easier for many people to choose a desktop computer. Some laptops come with removable batteries while others come with built-in batteries. As long as your PC comes with a built-in battery, the battery capacity will degrade over time and you may need to change the battery down the road.

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Battery Health of a Windows Laptop

Signs of Low Laptop Battery Health

There are times when you may see signs that your battery needs changing. Other times, the sign can seem a bit confusing. For example, if you buy a new laptop and the battery can last around 8 hours, after a year or two it can be reduced to around 5 hours. This should tell you that your battery capacity is running low. In a more confusing scenario, your PC may start misbehaving. For example, it may turn off for no reason or run very slowly when running on battery power. Such an event may confuse you.

You may think your PC has a motherboard problem and you may need to take it to the repair shop. This usually happens to PCs with built-in batteries.

In other cases, the laptop refuses to charge no matter how long you keep it on charge. You may see a sign that it’s charging, but it never is. Some owners even blame these problems on the chargers and spend money buying new chargers.

Your battery health is the first thing to check if you see signs of bad behavior on your Windows laptop. If the battery health is too low, it can cause a lot of problems for your laptop.

Before you blame your motherboard, or charger and take it to the technician, please take the time to read this as it can save you money and time.

For some inexplicable reason, Microsoft has made it quite difficult for users to check their battery status. So knowing the health status of your Windows laptop is quite hectic. Worry no more because this article will make it much easier for you.

How to check the battery status of your Windows laptop?

This procedure is very short and simple, even a five-year-old child can do it. So don’t panic if you don’t know much about computers. First of all, we will have to download a very small software to do it. It is a very small software that does not even require installation on your PC. This is a software called Battery Info View. Just follow these simple steps to achieve this in a jiffy.

Download the battery information view from this link. (When you open the link, scroll down until you see the name BatteryInfoView. Just like the image below.

battery information view

After downloading, locate the downloaded file and extract it to a new folder you created in any preferred location on your PC. (You may need to create a new folder on your desktop.

This will make it easier to locate your file). You can also run it directly from the decompression software if you don’t want to create a new folder.

I recommend using WinRAR in this case. When the extraction is complete, you should find a file called BatteryInfoView.exe. It should look exactly like what is in the picture below.

How to Check the Battery Health of a Windows Laptop

From there, all you have to do is double-click on the BatteryInfoView.EXE file, just like the one in the image above. A new window will open and show you some information about your laptop’s battery. You can also locate your laptop’s battery status here, just like the image below.

How to Check the Battery Health of a Windows Laptop

That’s all you need to do to find out your laptop’s battery status. You can save the file and check those in a while. So, when your laptop starts misbehaving, it’s best to check your battery health first. If the battery health is below 70%, you may need to change it.

However, if you check and it is below 70% but your laptop is still working fine, you can continue to use it for a while.

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