I just updated to the IOS5 and lost ALL contacts

I just upddated to the IOS5 and it told me to transfer my purchases to my itunes, which i did. I then installed IOS5 to my iphone 3gs. And followed the on screen prompts on the phone. But upon Exploring i found ALL my contacts were gone. Any ideas? Did I just lose my contacts forever? Are they on icloud somewhere? Any ideas about recovery? I did save all my pictures and obviously my music and apps are stored on itunes.

I got them all back . Here's how.
1. plug in your phone to itunes and wait for it to show up in the devices
2. right click on your device and click restore from backup.
3. Ta Da!
Hope this works. Btw this wont erase the IOS5 software just restore your contacts,notes,and such. IOS5 will remain intact.

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For the past few years I've known I need to upgrade to a new mac. My old one was a old mac mini (pre Intel).
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As soon as it upgraded I realised I've lost everything!
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