AR> I need to find out how to permanently get rid of a type "b" FAT32
 AR> partition created with WIN95 OSR2.  I assume that is similar to a
 AR> type "F" partition.

As PARTLIST will tell you, a type 0x0B partition is "32-bit FAT < 2TB".

 AR> I have a friend who just can't believe that his previous M$
 AR> installations left a partition that consumes almost his whole HD and
 AR> apparently can not be deleted permanently with other conventional
 AR> software like OS/2 FDISK.  

I am told that FDISK should be able to delete any partition of any type, as
long as the partition table itself is not corrupted.  Try:

        [A:\]FDISK /DISK:D /NAME:NNNNN /FSTYPE:H0B /DELETE

You must look up the disk D and the name NNNNN using FDISK /QUERY.

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