contacts stored as a file?

[chrisb2e9]

Hello,
Today I got tired of random freezes so I changed to a custom rom from the telus one. Very happy with it so far but I didn't backup and lost my contacts.

I did however copy every file that you can copy when you view the device in windows. Are the contacts/text messages stored as a file anywhere on the phone?

And sorry if this is in the forum somewhere. I tried searching but came up empty.