System and method for displaying battery information before executing and operating system

摘要

A system and method are described for displaying battery condition information on a display of a portable computer. After powering on the portable computer, battery condition information of a battery of the portable computer is retrieved. The retrieved battery condition information is displayed on the display of the portable computer and operating system (OS) loaded into an executable memory of the portable computer is executed.

主权项

1. A method of displaying battery condition information on a display of a portable computer, the method comprising:
powering on the portable computer; detecting whether an existing battery of the portable computer has been replaced with a battery that is different than the existing battery; retrieving battery condition information of the replaced battery when the existing battery is detected to have been replaced, the battery condition information comprising a current charge of the battery; displaying the retrieved battery condition information on the display of the portable computer; and executing an operating system (OS) loaded into an executable memory of the portable computer once an indication to proceed has been received.