ITunes deleted all contacts in iPhone

Hello!
I've synchronized contacts on my iPhone 4 with Microsoft Outlook (using iTunes), and as a result all my iPhone contacts were deleted, and contacts from Outlook were written to iPhone. So, I lost all my iPhone contacts, despite indicating in iTunes that I need to COMBINE two address books..
The question is - is there any chance to restore my iPhone contacts?
And additional question - is there a tool to send all contacts from iPhone to Windows Contacts? iTunes does it in its own way, updating only part of the contacts. For example. I've deleted all contacts from my WIndows Contacts, synchronized iPhone with Windiws Contacts, and still only several contacts appeared in Windows Contacts.
Thank you for any advice.
Best regards,
Alexey

Hi there snobbygirl,
I would recommend taking a look at the information found in the article below.
Recovering iCloud contacts, calendars, and bookmarks from an iTunes backup of an iOS device
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts4108
-Griff W.

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