Accidentally deleted everything (Nokia 5800)

Hi,
I done something very stupid. I done a hard reset without backing anything up, which then deleted everything on my phone - most importantly all my contact numbers which I've had saved for years. I only recently transferred my contacts from my SIM card to my phone as well. :-/
Is there any possible way I can restore them? Kinda desperate
Chris
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Hello,
Ok the good thing is that you got a backup file.
What we don't know is how old is this backup..anyway it's better than nothing.
The 5800 has a backup feature embedded. You can program it to be automatic (daily, weekly etc...) => remember this because I strongly recommend you to activate this after the recovery ;-))
Indeed these files have the .arc extension... but I've never been able to open it on the PC (I've never spent hours on the internet to figure out, though). Indeed they are not compatible with PC Suite.
What you got to do know : copy these backup files elsewhere on your PC...it is in such situation that you are pretty nervous and you make bad mistakes, loosing your last chances to recover piece of data.
Have your memory card of your nokia connected directly to a PC : back it up (simple copy or ZIP of the entire card) somewhere on your PC.
Now you should have find your .arc files in the Backup folder (hidden folder) of the memory card. (the date of the file should give you the information about the backup date).
Put the sd card in your 5800.
(my Nokia is in French...so the name of options/menu below might vary a bit)
Go in the File Manager
Click on Backup.
Then Options->Restore
Select everything! (again you have the time and date of the backup)
Then click "OK"
That's it.
I hope you will have a GOOD surprise (backup is recent).
My kind advice : NEVER trust ONE electronic device for your valueable data.Always backup/sync with something else.
good luck!

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