Noob has Sync problems

[franko]

I have a Dell PC and I have successfully synched my music to the iPad2. With many email contacts , I am now trying to transfer them to the iPad. After I connect them and open iTunes, the top of the iTunes window displays "synching contacts". My iPad also displays "synching in progress". After about 20 seconds an error displays on my PC " cannot synchronize". I thought I could do this without having to input each contact into my iPad. Any ideas out there? Thanks. Franko.

 

[DefBref]

Where and in what format are your contacts currently stored?

 

[franko]

We use Outlook Express.