How To Check If My Laptop Battery Is Charging. Taking too long to charge. Open Windows search box by pressing Windows S.
Scroll down to find the Installed batteries section and youll see the Design Capacity and Full Charge Capacity. Use the Windows PowerShell terminal Windows 8 or later. Drag and drop the battery icon in the taskbar.
In Windows 7 Windows Vista or Windows XP click the battery icon in the Windows Notification Area in the lower-right corner of your screen.
Remove the battery from your laptop but be careful if. Scroll down to find the Installed batteries section and youll see the Design Capacity and Full Charge Capacity. Click Yes in the User Account Control window. If you see the battery has only charged up part of the way and is no longer charging this is a decent indication that something is going on with your battery.
