N95 Backup .ARC

Hey guys I backed up my data from an N90 n saved it on the mmc. I have now gotten an N95 8Gb and when using the content copier on NSeries PC Suite it doesn't recognize the .arc backup file.
Any suggestions on what i can do to get around it. My previous Ph N90 is gone so can't do anything with that i just have the mmc and the .arc backup file to play around with.
Thanx

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Failing to satisfy customers needs Nokia will generate a negative customer experience all over in favour of better assisted phones. The news will quickly spread like a virus. And of course, I will be together with all my followers the promoter of the churned bottom figures due to lack of sales, sanctions and claimed damages payments.
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I have made a backup copy of the N95 phone memory to the memory card and after that updated the phone software using the latest NSU and the latest PC Suite 6.85. After that I have tried to restore the Backup.arc to the phone and all the info was restored except of the contacts info (I have tried 4 times on my phone and several other Nokia phones N73, 6110, 5700) . So I wonder if somebody had the same problem or maybe even has a solution for it? I know that there is an .nbu Nokia_Contacts_Transfer application that miksu (Great guru!!! Respect!) has advised but in this case it doesn't work. Backup.arc is a phone-made backup copy and I think we need a converter that will make it a compatible .nbu file or maybe some other application that will allow us to transfer contacts from this .arc file to the phone in the PC. Anyways, if somebody has any ideas, please share! Peace!

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I went to a Nokia Service centre with a faulty speaker problem, and the phone was then backed up by one of the support staff. I requested this person to backup the phone on the PC, and then copy the backup to the memory card on the phone.
This person said it wasn't required, and that it can be done using the phone software.
He proceeded to take my phone and initiate this. Once the phone said "Backup Successfull" or completed, can't remember, I handed it in to the repair centre as per his instruction.
I received the phone back the next day, and on assembling the phone, (Battery, memory card, sim, cover) I tried to do a "Restore from card", which then started and two seconds later said the phone will be restarted. OK.
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The camera did not work, so I returned and requested them to see what the problem was. They then told me the phone had liquid damage, which I don't understand how that could have happened, as the phone hadn't been anywhere near liquid.
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The phone was upgraded to 4.0839.42.0.1, which seems to be where the problem originates. I have two identical phones that had speaker problems, and both were repaired, and the software upgraded. Neither can restore the backup. Even a new backup with this firmware does not restore.
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I need to recover the contents of the backup, and I know there is a third party app that can read the contents of the backup.arc file, but I don't see that I need to purchase someone else's software to read the contents of a file created by Nokia software. A Nokia agent backed up the contents, and not as I requested, which would not have caused this problem.
So Nokia, what are you going to do to help me recover the contents of this backup.arc?
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