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Battery will not charge. Can battery be replaced? If so, how?

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There are a lot of laptops being carried around that the battery is almost totally worthless.. The first problem is most of them are not designed to last very long at all. Their life is measured in "months"... not "years"... The second problem is that they're really expensive... Be prepared to spend 50 to 80 dollars.. or more.. on a replacement battery... The expense of a replacement battery is the biggest reason that so many laptops have bad batteries. Lots of these folks that carry them simply make sure they're always within a few feet of an electrical outlet. Many times, they just tolerate it until they can't stand it any more.... and buy a new laptop, instead of putting that much money into an old one.. I can't tell you how to change your particular battery, because each brand of computer is different. Your biggest decision is whether to change it at all... Changing the battery is not a big deal. If you have the make and model, you can find instructions on the internet as to how to change the battery.

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