How to sync and backup the linked contact

I tried to soft reset my Lumia 800, after I add in all my live account, gmail and facebook, I found that all my contacted that used to linked together, I need to relink them again. Is there a way that I can backup the contacts and I don't need to link them again after I reset the phone.

Hi Babytrunks,
Thanks for your post and welcome to the forum!
After a reset imported contacts will get linked automatically if they carry an identical name. Usually Facebook names are full 'First Last' so your contact information for other sources like gmail or Hotmail must also have the full name listed. Often mail contacts only have a first name and so they do not get linked. Currently Windows Phone has no option to save the link information in a backup.
As Windows phone synchronizes all contact information to their respective online service you can always find them there as well as create a backup to e.g. a .CSV file from there. As an example you can backup your LiveID contacts by going to http://contacts.live.com and select manage>export to download a backup file of your contacts.
Hope this helps, 
Kosh
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