Syncing -- What should I sync with, how should I sync?

[jawxx]

Let me explain to you why I'm not screwing with this without seeking some advice first.

The last time I screwed with it, I lost all my contacts. Long and the short... I was trying to use WMDC to sync my contacts/calender with Outlook (which I don't use for anything else, btw) and it wouldn't sync. None of my contacts were showing up in Outlook. I went to tinkering with options. You'll notice under Mobile Device Settings>Change Contact Sync Settings>Contacts>Sync Settings it words it "Synchronize contacts from:" Well that's exactly what it did. Took all my contacts from Outlook - NONE - and made it match my phone which now had NONE. That quick. 2 seconds. All gone.

I want to avoid this happening again. I'm willing to ditch Outlook. Advice please. On using WMDC or even just a different program altogether. I don't need to necessarily save all my settings and stuff but it would be nice in the future. I want to get these things synced to my PC so I can start unlocking and flasing new ROMs.

Thanks all