How To Check Laptop Battery Life. Battery life denotes the number of hours a laptop battery can run with a single charge. Unplug the power cord.

Click on the Search. Once youve given permission in the pop-up window a coding document will open. To use HP Support Assistant to check and calibrate the battery follow these instructions.
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Powercfg batteryreport and hit enter. To generate a battery report open up a command prompt by pressing WindowsX and selecting command prompt or in later versions Windows PowerShell Admin. The corresponding Battery health status and information will be displayed in the right pane. To get a sense of how I test battery life in the lab have a look at our AVG performance test center.
