After restore new 3gs is missing old pictures

I just received my new 3GS today and backed my old 3G and then restored it and them plugged new 3GS up and chose restore from back up on 08/20/09. When it was finished it only had 100 of the 200+ pictures on it. Pictures on phone now are from first gen iPhone up to xmas'08... I really want those picture back, is there a way to retrieve them? Thank!
Will

Photos in your iPhone's camera roll should be imported by your computer as with any other digital camera. Although photos in the camera roll are included with your iPhone's backup, so is quite a bit of other data, so it isn't a good idea to depend on your iPhone's backup alone for these photos.
With XP, you can use the camera and scanner wizard.
Did you restore your 3G with iTunes as a new iPhone or not from the iPhone's backup? If not and these photos are still available in the camera roll on the 3G, you can import the photos.
If you restored your 3G as a new iPhone - the photos are no longer available in the camera roll, you can try using a 3rd party utility like this one to see if all photos are available with the backup for your 3G.
http://homepage.mac.com/vaughn/msync/

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