Windows 11 notebook PC health check and the potential messy upgrade. Microsoft officially revealed Windows 11, and with that comes a barrage of information.
How to check laptop battery health in Windows 11?
If your notebook battery has started malfunctioning and the laptop is still under warranty, get it checked at an authorized service center. This is how you can check your laptop battery health in Windows 11. As you can see,
both the built-in battery report and third-party apps show accurate data.
1. Generate Battery Health Report via PowerShell
The easiest way to check Toshiba PA3817U-1BRS laptop battery health on any Windows machine is through the hidden Battery Report tool. It works via Command Prompt/ PowerShell as follows:
- Press Win + X on your keyboard OR right-click the Start button.
- Select Windows Terminal (Admin) to open the PowerShell window. Alternatively, you can search for Windows PowerShell in the Start menu and open it as administrator.
- Once the PowerShell window opens, type powercfg /batteryreport and enter.
- It’ll create and save a battery health report to C:\Users\ritik\battery-report.html.
- Visit the directory. Click the battery health report HTML file.The report will open in your browser. Here, you can check the battery’s specifications and capacity. It’ll also show the battery capacity history, battery life estimates, and stats for recent usage.
2. Via Third-Party Software
Several third-party tools let you check battery health, like BatteryCat and HWiInfo. Below is how you can use these apps on your laptop.
Check Battery Health Using BatteryCat
- Download BatteryCat. Choose one of the portable versions.
- Extract the downloaded zip file.
- Open start_batterycat.
- Once the tool opens, you’ll be able to see your laptop’s current original HP TE04XL Battery capacity.
Here, you can see my laptop’s current battery capacity is 81% of the original capacity. You can also see the battery charge cycles.
