This has solved my problem of losing contact list, the a2downloader is magic, to use the file system you need to drag a file back in to the right hand screen where the files are listed to upload it, so its just drag and drop, chosing read on the right click of a file will save it. I copied and pasted as well and it worked on files but not folders from memory. Have just reflashed or repaired from se and phone is back from the dead and I still have my contacts. SE told me this was impossible. Thanks to all who contribute here, I am stoked, couple of numbers in there I really wanted back.