Help File : Laptop batteries going unused, upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7

A: Hewlett-Packard's advice on that is to remove the battery if you'll have the laptop shut off or plugged in for more than two weeks

. That, HP says, will help prolong its useful life -- batteries wear out after enough discharge and recharge cycles.

For what it's worth, Apple advises against keeping a laptop plugged in all the time. Dell doesn't offer any such warning but does suggest storing batteries separately, with about half a charge, if you won't use them for three or more weeks.

But as Washington-area residents have learned over this stormy summer, you can't count on a plugged-in laptop working all the time. I would keep the battery in place, even if you never take the laptop away from an outlet; this way, you can ride out momentary blips in power and keep working through shorter outages.

For the same reason, I keep my desktop computer at home plugged into an uninterruptible power supply that can keep it running for a few minutes if the power goes out.

Q. I have Windows XP on my computer and want to install Windows 7, but I've heard that can be difficult. I also have a copy of Vista -- should I upgrade to that and then 7?

Yes. Going straight from XP to 7 will wipe out your existing applications, while a two-step upgrade will take more time but preserves those details. Make sure you run Microsoft's free Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor first.

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Help File : Laptop batteries going unused, upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7

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