Syncing iphone to itunes - outlook cotact info lost

I have 216 or so contacts in Outlook, with names, numbers, email addresses and home addresses. After syncing my iphone 3G to itunes, it somehow erased ALL of my contacts' home address information. Is there a backup of my old contact list somewhere on my computer that I can go to so I do not lose this information forever. Also, how do I avoid this from happening again if I am able to restore it through Outlook?

There will only be a backup if you created one prior to syncing. If not, then no, sorry.
Outlook syncronization with iTunes is very dissapointing. In your case what seems to have happened is that iTunes and iPhone have decided that certain fields with certain titles are not worthy of being synced. For example, you can have a work address, a home address, or a other address. If your values had a different name, it is like if they didn't exist for iTunes. Same thing is happening to me with phone numbers. If the phone number field doesnt match one of the standard ones in the iPhone, it wont sync.
Outlook contacts are stored in the PST file. Unless you have a backup of that file somewhere, then you will not be able to recover the data.
If you decide you want to re-enter all that information, I would suggest making a copy of the Contacts folder before you sync again. You can drag and drop a copy of the folder within Outlook, and it will rename it Contacts1.
I would also suggest trying one or two addresses first to make sure you are putting them in a field that iTunes and iPhone like. Otherwise you could end up right back where you started.
Good luck!!!

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