Help, i really need my phone for security this weekend and now i cant get it to do anything :(

Hi, i went to sync and back up my iphone 3GS as i ahve done many times before, it encountered an OS problem and put the phone into a restore mode. Now i havnt had this happen before, it has the USB cord with itunes logo on screen, cant get the phone to do anything else. When i plug it in it says i have to restore.. But will i then as i suspect loose my 600 new work photos, data, games progress, work notes, new contacts etc as i suspect i will? please someone tell me no and there is something i can do to avoid this.

The data is already gone. You have no choice but to restore.

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