How do I take over contacts from other phone?

3GS, 3.1, Windows 7 Trial version
My wife and I both have a 3GS. For some reason my contacts have disappeared after I upgraded to 3.1. Most of my wife's contacts are the same as mine. Instead of having to enter everything again I would like to take over her contacts but leave the rest of my iPhone settings, apps etc. untouched. Is that possible and if so, how?
Thanks.

The iphone is designed to be synced with a program on your computer. It is not a stand alone device.
Under the info tab you should have selected a contact program that you want iphone to sync with.
This is where your contacts should be. This way of you lose your contacts, you can just re-sync them.
http://manuals.info.apple.com/enUS/iPhone_UserGuide.pdf

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