2.1 update alert: lost settings

I updated my 1st gen 8GB iPhone last night from firmware 1.1.4 to 2.1
After the upgrade, I lost the last 3 months worth of added contacts, safari and Maps bookmarks, txt messages, calendar events, and notes. For some reason, the backup of all my current settings failed and it reverted to one that was 3 months old.
I post this first as a warning to others to manually back up everything prior to upgrading (including saving all settings in other formats like contacts in an exported file). Second, I was wondering if anyone knows if all this data is lost forever, or if there is a hidden backup folder somewhere where I can restore the settings I had yesterday?

There are some different ways of going about this update business.
One guy recommended down loading the update first; click on download but do not install. Once you have it then install it. I recommend this approach rather than the down load and install option.
He recommended then to remove all the music and other files by deselecting them in sync or some such before installing update. (It has been a while since I did the first upgrade so I forget how to describe it) I do not recommend doing this because that was how I lost some of my settings. Thank goodness I did not lose my note pad notes.
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