Address book was purged when installed latest software update

I just updated the os software through "update" and I discovered that somehow it purged my address book. Is there a way to retrieve it?
Thanks.

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You might try the following:
Repairing the Hard Drive and Permissions
Boot from your OS X Installer disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. Then select Disk Utility from the Installer menu (Utilities menu for Tiger.) After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list. In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive. If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported click on the Repair Permissions button. Wait until the operation completes, then quit DU and return to the installer. Now shutdown the computer for a couple of minutes and then restart normally.
If DU reports errors it cannot fix, then you will need Disk Warrior (4.0 for Tiger) and/or TechTool Pro (4.5.2 for Tiger) to repair the drive. If you don't have either of them or if neither of them can fix the drive, then you will need to reformat the drive and reinstall OS X.

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Hardware Information:
          MacBook Pro (15-inch Core 2 Duo)
          MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro2,2
          1 2.16 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2 cores
          3 GB RAM
Video Information:
          ATY,RadeonX1600 - VRAM: 128 MB
Startup Items:
          AdobeVersionCue: Path: /Library/StartupItems/AdobeVersionCue
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          HWPortDetect: Path: /Library/StartupItems/HWPortDetect
          StartOuc: Path: /Library/StartupItems/StartOuc
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          Mac OS X 10.6.8 (10K549) - Uptime: 0 days 0:49:42
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          Hitachi HTS541612J9SA00 disk0 : (111.79 GB)
                    (null) (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 200 MB
                    Macintosh HD (disk0s2) /: 111.47 GB (6.45 GB free)
USB Information:
          JMicron USB to ATA/ATAPI bridge 111.79 GB
                    (null) (disk1s1) <not mounted>: 32 KB
                    Backup (disk1s3) <not mounted>: 111.67 GB
          Vodafone (Huawei) Vodafone Mobile Broadband (Huawei)
          Micron Built-in iSight
          Apple Computer Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
          Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
          Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
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Thunderbolt Information:
Kernel Extensions:
          com.rim.driver.BlackBerryUSBDriverInt          (0.0.67)
          com.huawei.driver.cdc_usb_bus          (1.0.2)
          com.huawei.driver.cdc_acm          (2.6.2f17)
          com.huawei.driver.dc_net          (1.0.2)
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          de.novamedia.driver.NMSmartplugSCSIDevice          (1.0.1)
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