Sync Address Book and Entourage backfired - 3000 Entourage Contacts lost!

I have set up sync services in Entourage to sync with Apple Adress Book, to be able to sync with iPhone and MobileMe. I have chosen Address Book entries to be replaced by Entourage entries
When I deleted all entries in my Adress Book (to make room for a limited sync with iPhone), all my 3000 contacts in Entourage started disappearing, an now all are gone. It seems that the sync suddenly reversed. How can this happen without warning? What can I do to get my Entourage contacts back?
(I have a backup at MobileMe, but then I will lose all my categories etc. when re-importing to Entourage.)

I had a similar issue. I was able to sync my iPhone back to my Mac and that restored the addresses although all the categorization was lost. I have no idea why this happened to you.
Abbie

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