HT1766 Restoring Contacts from Itune backup to PC..

Hello, I backed up my old iphone 4 64gb to my pc via itunes. I just bought a new 5 16gb. when I went to restore I got an error saying there wasnt enough space available. I really only want my contact. Can I restore just the contacts and if so can someone tell me how to do this? Thanks

Just sync the contacts from your Contacts app. The contacts in the  backup are only for the Recents in the call log.

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