Solaris + Windows 7 .. delete Solaris Partition .. how do i boot from GRUB?

i had Solaris and W7 partitions -- together summing to the entire disk size -- but i needed to expand W7 partition. i was not able to resize the ZFS so i deleted it; i can now only boot as far as GRUB "BASH-like commands" window [GRUB> prompt], which rejects everything i enter.
the ultimate goal is to expand the W7 partition and effect another Solaris install (and possibly another primary partition -- Linux?)
how can i recover?
Edited by: Neal Weissman on May 21, 2012 12:22 PM

You saved my obtuse butt again
... THANK YOU AGAIN ALAN !!
i was contemplating this strategy of the W7 install dvd repair mechanism, but i refrained because of the imagined risk of destroying my W7 install -- i was not going to attempt it unless someone knowledgeable confirmed it.
the W7 repair took ~ 25 minutes -- it installed a recovery partition.
my original idea was to uninstall GRUB, but i was anxious about that solution too.
Edited by: Neal Weissman on May 22, 2012 12:28 AM

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