Hmm, thanks Douglas. The thing is, as I'm at university I need to be more security conscious when using my laptop. For example, when I've finished with it, I was advised to put it away in a drawer so that possible prying eyes can't see that I have hundreds of pounds of equipment in my room. However, thanks anyway. On Mon, 02 Oct 2006 20:41:09 +0100, "Douglas Harrison" <harrison1d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> said: > Christopher, I have been using this Satellite Pro A10 for over two years. > I was given similar > advice initially and tried to let it fully discharge at regular intervals > and then fully recharge. > Nevertheless the period for which it can be operated on battery power > slowly decreased > during the first year and is now only 5 - 10 minutes, which means that I > seldom use it except > on AC power, which rather defeats the object of having a lap top anyway. > I will probably > get a new lap top in the not too distant future but I am uncertain what > to do to avoid a > repetition of the present situation. > > > Douglas > . > > On 2 Oct 2006 at 17:33, Christopher Hallsworth wrote: > > > I have a Toshiba Satellite Pro A100, and what I do is that I let it do a > > complete charge/discharge so that the battery life can be preserved. Is > > this OK, as I was told to do this from the Toshiba user manual. Thanks for > > any help. > > -- > > Douglas Harrison > > ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] > ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > ** and in the Subject line type > ** unsubscribe > ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the > ** immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] > ** or send a message, to > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq > -- Christopher Hallsworth chrishallsworth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq