Unable to read or restore the backup contact from ...

Team,
My Nokia C5-00 was suddenly switch off, i gave it to nearest nokia care, i tried to restore backup the contacts(which i took from my phone option) from my memory card to system and tried to open the contacts in notepad, but all the contacts are in unreadeable format. Please see the attached contact which i got from my mobile after taking the backup and let me know a solution to open all the contacts. Since i lost all my contacts from my phone i need it badly.
Note:
I am having 356 contacts totally, all ar opening like same in some encoded format.
Attachments:
Opened Contact screenhot.png ‏50 KB

Hi Prasath_M,
Thank you for your post and welcome to Nokia Support Discussions!
Please see this link for a list of different applications that can help you open and view VCF files. The easiest way to access the data may be to open it in Outlook.
Note that you can also restore your contact data using Nokia PC Suite, all you need to do is to copy the VCF file back to Nokia Communication Centre in Contacts window. This way you do not need to open the file and copy the information by hand.
Hope this helps!
Puigchild
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