No. Laptops I've seen monitor the different cells of the battery
individually, with a connection for each cell.

I can run my Laptops with the battery OUT. As a matter of fact,
HP recommends THAT if it is "home-bound" for a week or two
at a time, and constantly connected to power.

Having said all that, they sell little Laptop HD sized external HD
enclosures that I've used a lot.
Even USB cables with special conectors on the ends for temporary
hook-ups.

None of this last part fixes the Laptop, but you can get your data
off the HD to somewhere else unless the Power Supply blowing up
fried the drive too...  (Good luck.)

Rick Glazier


From: "Romario chipo"
> My laptop charging system is defective and I am trying to find a solution to
> this problem. A repair guy opened it and discovered that has some components
> were blown. Is it posssible to bypass the the defective charging unit and
> re-charge the battery by connecting it directly to the charger? This is a
> Toshiba satellite pro. My data is stuck on this laptop.
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