Can I back up if my iphone 4s has frozen in recovery mode?

This might be a dumb question but before I restore factory settings is there anyway i can back up my data ? At the moment my phone is frozen on the itunes screen and itunes (on my PC) is saying 'detected iphone in recovery mode. You must restore this iphone'
I stupidly have not backed up my phone since buying it in May.
Please help !
Thanks
Dave

As this article indicates the 4000 class of errors indicate USB issues.  This explains how to troubleshoot:
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3694#4000

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