Anyway to get my contacts back?

I have an IPhone4. I had to do a full restore after a back up from last point didnt get rid of the problem i am having where my phone keeps restarting itself. Now i have obviously lost all my contacts, but seem to have fixed my problem. Is there any way to get my contacts back without restoring to the last back up fully? as i dont want these problems to return. Im running windows 7. And i know there probably isnt but Itunes isnt exactly user friendly when it comes to finding out where your contacts and back ups are actually saved.

If you're on Windows, your contacts might have been saved in your Contacts app or Outlook when you did a former backup.
Plugin the iPhone, go to iTunes, select the phone from the left panel, at the top click on the Info tab. Use that tab to Sync your phone with your contacts. Don't worry it won't delete any of your current ones.
Also, you can try logging into iCloud (Settings > iCloud) and resync your contact info from there as it's usually saved there if you used iCloud before.
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