Can't restore my phone after updating to iPhone 5.1

I updated my phone last night to 5.1. After doing that my computer told me I had to restore my phone. I tried to restore it once and it told me that there was an error. I looked to see what might have been the problem and there were 5 different things that apple said I could do to help with it. After doing all 5 things it still won't restore. Does anyone have any idea what could be going on or what I can do to fix this issue?

With the phone turned off, press and hold the Home button while plugging it into your computer. Try restoring through iTunes again.

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First thing.. Stop where you are. Don't try to sync, update, hard reset, iCloud... Just stop.
Check on your phone under 'SETTINGS' 'GENERAL' USAGE'. It should show some value for PHOTOSTREAM. Also, connect to iTunes and you will notice at the bottom of your phones summary page that there is a large amount of 'OTHER' data.
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iTunes places the .ipsw file here:
OSX:
~/Library/iTunes/iPhone Software Updates
XP:
C:\Documents and Settings\[username]\Application Data\Apple Computer\iTunes\iPhone Software Updates
7 &Vista:
C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Roaming\Apple Computer\iTunes\iPhone Software Updates
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Then See Here > http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1808
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Re-Sync your Content or Restore from the most recent Backup...
Restore from Backup > http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1766
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Then a Visit to an Apple Store or AASP (Authorized Apple Service Provider) is the Next Step...
Be sure to make an appointment first...

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