{"id":2255,"date":"2017-12-27T11:09:54","date_gmt":"2017-12-27T11:09:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.battaussie.com\/blog\/?p=2255"},"modified":"2017-12-27T11:09:54","modified_gmt":"2017-12-27T11:09:54","slug":"create-detailed-laptop-battery-report-windows-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.battaussie.com\/blog\/create-detailed-laptop-battery-report-windows-10.htm","title":{"rendered":"How to Create a Detailed Laptop Battery Report in Windows 10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Windows 10 has a built-in, hidden battery reporting tool, it can tell you everything you need to know your laptop battery, including your battery life estimation and its capacity over time. Use this PowerCfg command to better understand your battery health and optimize the battery life of your computer.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.battaussie.com\/dell-latitude-e6320-battery.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2256\" src=\"https:\/\/www.battaussie.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Dell-latitude-e6320-laptop-battery-battaussie.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.battaussie.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Dell-latitude-e6320-laptop-battery-battaussie.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.battaussie.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Dell-latitude-e6320-laptop-battery-battaussie-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.battaussie.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Dell-latitude-e6320-laptop-battery-battaussie-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.battaussie.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Dell-latitude-e6320-laptop-battery-battaussie-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll use the command prompt to generate an HTML battery report for your computer.<\/p>\n<p>1.\u00a0<strong>Hit Windows Button + X\u00a0and select Command Prompt (Admin).<\/strong>\u00a0This is the quickest way to open the Command Prompt as an administrator.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-289851\" src=\"https:\/\/img.purch.com\/o\/aHR0cDovL3d3dy5sYXB0b3BtYWcuY29tL2ltYWdlcy93cC9wdXJjaC1hcGkvaW5jb250ZW50LzIwMTYvMDQvd2luZG93cy1jb21tYW5kLXByb21wdC1hZG1pbi5wbmc=\" alt=\"windows command prompt admin\" width=\"429\" height=\"366\" \/>2.\u00a0<strong>Type in and enter:\u00a0<em>powercfg \/batteryreport<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-289850\" src=\"https:\/\/img.purch.com\/o\/aHR0cDovL3d3dy5sYXB0b3BtYWcuY29tL2ltYWdlcy93cC9wdXJjaC1hcGkvaW5jb250ZW50LzIwMTYvMDQvcG93ZXJjZmctcmVwb3J0LTY3MHgzNTEucG5n\" alt=\"powercfg report\" width=\"670\" height=\"351\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This command will create a battery report under C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\battery-report.html or, in Windows versions older than Windows 10, under C:\\Users\\[Username]<\/p>\n<p>3.\u00a0<strong>Open the Battery report HTML file<\/strong>\u00a0to view it.<\/p>\n<p>The report will give you more information about the batteries in your system, as well as how they&#8217;ve been used over time.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-289852\" src=\"https:\/\/img.purch.com\/o\/aHR0cDovL3d3dy5sYXB0b3BtYWcuY29tL2ltYWdlcy93cC9wdXJjaC1hcGkvaW5jb250ZW50LzIwMTYvMDQvYmF0dGVyeS1yZXBvcnQyLTQ1NHg0MDAucG5n\" alt=\"battery report2\" width=\"454\" height=\"400\" \/>Perhaps of most usefulness to most people is the battery life estimates&#8211;how long you can expect your <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.battaussie.com\/dell\/inspiron-1520-battery.htm\">Dell inspiron 1520 laptop battery<\/a><\/strong> to last based on actual usage&#8211;and how it&#8217;s changed since you first installed the OS. It&#8217;s more accurate and precise than relying on the battery icon in your taskbar.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-289848\" src=\"https:\/\/img.purch.com\/o\/aHR0cDovL3d3dy5sYXB0b3BtYWcuY29tL2ltYWdlcy93cC9wdXJjaC1hcGkvaW5jb250ZW50LzIwMTYvMDQvYmF0dGVyeS1yZXBvcnQzLTU5MHg0MDAucG5n\" alt=\"battery report3\" width=\"590\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Other report sections such as Usage history and battery capacity can help you check your laptop battery&#8217;s health. To get many more details about your battery than you from the battery icon in the taskbar, remember this hidden trick.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Windows 10 has a built-in, hidden battery reporting tool, it can tell you everything you need to know your laptop battery, including your battery life estimation and its capacity over time. Use this PowerCfg command to better understand your battery health and optimize the battery life of your computer. We&#8217;ll use the command prompt to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,4,6],"tags":[30,479],"class_list":["post-2255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-battery-knowledge-base","category-laptop-batteries-tips","category-tech-info","tag-dell-inspiron-1520-laptop-battery","tag-dell-latitude-e6320-laptop-battery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.battaussie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2255","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.battaussie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.battaussie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.battaussie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.battaussie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2255"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.battaussie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2255\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2257,"href":"https:\/\/www.battaussie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2255\/revisions\/2257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.battaussie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.battaussie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.battaussie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}