TechTried-and-true tip
Create a battery report on Windows with powercfg
Check how worn your laptop battery is on Windows with the powercfg /batteryreport command.
- Time
- ⏱ 3 min
- Difficulty
- ◆ medium
How to do it
- Open the Command Prompt (cmd).
- Type powercfg /batteryreport. Windows tells you where the HTML file is saved.
- Open the report in your browser and compare Design Capacity with Full Charge Capacity under “Installed batteries”.
Variations
- Use /output “path” to choose the save location. The target folder must already exist.
Sources
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- computerwoche.de (opens in a new tab)
Unter Installed batteries zum Beispiel lässt sich die Maximalkapazität (Design Capacity) ab Werk mit der aktuellen Maximalkapazität (Full Charge Capacity) vergleichen
