How do I backup my phone data before doing a restore? Can't even use phone

I did an update on iTunes for my iPhone 4 and it said there was a problem and I had to do a restore. When I go to restore it says I will lose all of the data on my iPhone. Is there anyway the back up my stuff on my iPhone before I do a restore? Right now I cannot do anything with my iPhone, it will turn on but the screen just comes up with a picture for me to plug it into iTunes. I am unable to use the phone until I do the restore. Please help me find a solution to back up everything so I don't lose it all!

Yes it did a backup at 8:36 yesterday morning.
Is that when you tried to update your phone?
It looks like the backup done during the software update doesn't back up the photos and videos.
Camera roll photos & videos are included in the iPhone backup.

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