Is my backup corrupt?

Hi,
My old computer crashed so I had to sync my iPod to the new computer. When I hooked it up to the computer, I authorized my account, transferred the purchases from the device and then created a backup of the device. I then upgraded it from OS 4.0 to the current 4.3.3 but during the process, it hung. I rebooted but because it had hung, iTunes said the device was in recovery mode so I had to restore the device. I did and when it was done, it was a very barebones system, factory settings. The device asked if I wanted to add a passcode and I gave it one. I then had iTunes restore from backup so that I could get all my apps, app data, settings etc... back. I'd done a restore from backup a long time ago and it'd been just fine so I thought this would do the trick. When it was done, none of my apps or app data were installed. It was a barebones system but my settings, contacts, calendar, notes and photos were there. No music though. I want my app data!! Where did it go? I've tried the restore from backup 2 more times with the same results. This is absolutely horrible so any insight or help would be appreciated. Do I need to downgrade the device back to 4.0, restore from backup and then upgrade back to 4.3.3? Since this is a new computer, I only have the one backup I did prior to the device upgrade. Oh, iTunes is also the latest version.
Thanks!

Thank you for the reply. I'm a little shocked to read it though because it seems ridiculous that a backup can't be made on a new computer especially for situations like mine where I can't retrieve the previous backup from the old computer since it's dead. If I could, I would have definitely gone that route. It also doesn't make sense to me because I did create a backup after I transferred my purchases from the device to the new computer. It went without a hitch. iTunes gave me no indication that a backup is not possible on the new computer.
I don't want to believe you are correct about this at all. So I went looking for a data recovery program for the iPod in hopes it still resides in memory in some form or another. I found one (not yet used it as it's last resort for me), but I also found a program that can look into the backup files. It's called iPhone Backup Extractor. Lo and behold, it sees all my apps and their data right in the backup which tells suggests to me that the backup worked as I expected but the restoration is not restoring the backup in full. Or the backup is slightly off so iTunes can't restore it in all its glory. So then how can I get the backup to work properly? I shall ponder this further and hope I come up with a solution in the meanwhile. I hope I can answer my own question and resolve this quickly. Again, I would appreciate any insight or help to fix my problem.
Thanks!

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- (Windows 8) Search -> type %appdata% (with the percents) and press return.
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