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mbpark · 03-05-2010, 06:42 PM

Tom,

Spinrite usually runs on top of DOS, which is instant.

I've seen batteries go from 50% to 0% in one second. No PC can keep up.

A laptop battery can go through 300 cycles in less than 2 years. After that, the batteries start having major issues.

Batteries in laptops these days have their own little "OS" and RAM to report information such as charge and number of cycles. They can get corrupt too.

The battery crapped out, the laptop did not shut down right, and took the file system with it.

03-05-2010, 06:42 PM	#11
mbpark Lecturer Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Carmel, Indiana Posts: 761	Tom, Spinrite usually runs on top of DOS, which is instant. I've seen batteries go from 50% to 0% in one second. No PC can keep up. A laptop battery can go through 300 cycles in less than 2 years. After that, the batteries start having major issues. Batteries in laptops these days have their own little "OS" and RAM to report information such as charge and number of cycles. They can get corrupt too. The battery crapped out, the laptop did not shut down right, and took the file system with it.