How do i restore iPhone backup

I sync my iPhone to a PC running Vista. I had to make some radical changes to Outlook, and when I synchronized afterwards my entire calendar AND contacts directories on my iPhone were completely empty. I recall that iTunes makes a back-up of the iPhone just before a sync... so how to I restore the iPhone from that back-up? I see a button for Restore, but it says that will restore to factory defaults. I just want to roll back to a restore point just prior to the last sync.

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