Hot sync deleted address categories--how to restore?

Without changing any settings or doing anything different, I hotsync'd and lost half of the categories I used for addresses/contacts.  Wiped them from both desktop and Treo 700p.  Why would this happen, and how can I restore the categories without having to edit each contact individually?
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zombiegirllaura wrote:
Apparently when you sync , if the music isnt bought from itunes it deletes all of your songs...
I sync my 6th generation Nano every day, and I have thousands of songs from my own CDs that are not deleted, so I can't say I agree with your statement.
To get them back depends on which method you have chosen to sync. Personally, I manage which tunes are synced by syncing only checked songs. When I uncheck something that is already on my iPod and then sync, that song is removed from the iPod, but remains on my computer. When I want it back on, I just check it and sync again. I do this because I have more songs than will fit on my 16gb Nano. If I tried to sync them all, it would put on what it could, and stop when it was full. Could that be what is happening to you?
Other people manually sync, which I don't do, so I can't advise you on that.

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