Retrieving Lost Contacts List

I had to restore my 3g from being a brick when it messed up with 3.0 update and i was trying to do it and after trying so many ways (one of them being delete all itunes stuff on your pc) i cant get my contacts back through just itunes now.
I have all the stuff i deleted in my recycle bin but i dont want to restore them all and have something mess up again - does anyone know the file on windows xp that holds my contacts and notes and calender? more so Contacts than anything but i had some info saved in my notes id like to get back as well if possible.
Thanks

Although contacts are included with your iPhone's backup, contacts are designed to be synced with a supported application on your computer. This can be with the Address Book on your Mac and is selected under the Info tab for your iPhone sync preferences with iTunes.
Were you syncing contacts with the Address Book on your Mac with your old iPhone and if not, why not?
You can't selectively choose which data included with your iPhone's backup is transferred to a new iPhone, or restored on your iPhone when restoring the iPhone with iTunes from your iPhone's backup. It is all or none.
If all contact info that was available on your old iPhone was not included with the iPhone's backup that was transferred to your new iPhone and you weren't syncing contacts with a supported application on your computer via the iTunes sync process, the contacts may be lost.
If your old iPhone is still available along with the contact info, sync your old iPhone with the Address Book on your Mac, which is selected under the Info tab for the iPhone sync preferences. Follow this by selecting the same under the Info tab for your new iPhone sync preferences followed by a sync.

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1) Some applications lost email and contact configurations.
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A) This is because the BBM service is reliant on the PIN number unique to your device (not your SIM card).
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