need help with contacts

[jaycenter]

im trying to copy all my contacts on to my computer because i need to reset my phone. usually before all i had to do was connected to my computer sync and open up outlook. well now it isnt doing it activesync just keeps saying syncing and doesnt do anything. so is there anyway i can just copy the contacts another way. maybe just look for the file that has all the contacts im the phone and just copy and paste to my computer. does anyone know were in the phone they are stored. any ideas will be helpfull